Foundations | Annual Report 2012 - 2013

Annual Report 2012 - 2013

FOUNDATIONS
ANNUAL REPORT 2012â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2013
ECU Foundation Inc.
ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc.
ECU Educational Foundation Inc.
East Carolina Alumni Association Inc.
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We are proud of our commitment to serve the region and of our
many accomplishments in 2012–2013. Thanks in large part to your
steadfast support, we continue to be able to respond to challenges in
the state and region in every way possible. As economic challenges
persist, it is more important than ever to make good use of our
resources. The highlights below are some of the ways in which we
are accomplishing just that and much more.
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is
the nation’s No. 1 producer of family physicians. This is the
third consecutive year that the school has been named a top 10
institution by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The State Employees’ Credit Union has made a gift of $2.28
million to ensure the continuation of the education of aspiring
teachers who reside in rural areas through Partnership East. This
innovative program has graduated an impressive number of teachers
who have remained in the rural communities of eastern North
Carolina.
We continue to transform the quality of health care for the region
and state through medical innovation and projects like TeleTEAM
and telepsychiatry.
The Office of Rural Health Policy at the federal Health Resources
and Services Administration has awarded ECU’s TeleTEAM project
a three-year, $750,000 grant to extend team care for diabetes to
rural providers via telemedicine. The project is also funded by
a recent two-year, $325,478 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds
Charitable Trust.
State appropriations of $4 million over the next two years will
expand our telepsychiatry program to be able to serve 60 to 80
hospital emergency departments across the state. Through secure,
real-time interactive audio and video technology at the bedside,
telepsychiatry enables mental health providers to diagnose and treat
people needing care at any remote referring site.
We are particularly proud of two notable awards that illustrate our
commitment to service and diversity:
• The prestigious C. Peter Magrath University/Community
Engagement Award for the establishment and support of the
Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center in the
underserved West Greenville community
• The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award
by Insight into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity magazine and
website in higher education
Achieving our mission to be a national model of student success,
public service, and regional transformation is possible in part
through your generosity to support a variety of programs and
partnerships. Together we deliver on the promise of opportunity,
and we make a difference in this region. Every day I am reminded it
is a great time to be a Pirate!
Sincerely,
Steve Ballard
Chancellor
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The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Embracing the ECU Mission .
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Recruiting the Best and the Brightest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Advancement Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC.
A Productive Year of Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Advancement Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC.
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Informing, Involving, and Serving the ECU Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alumni Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Order of the Cupola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Leo W. Jenkins Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ways to Give to ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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The Big
The Work of East
Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foundations
The fund-raising arms of East Carolina University are
its three foundations: the East Carolina University
Foundation Inc., the ECU Educational Foundation
Inc. (Pirate Club), and the ECU Medical & Health
Sciences Foundation Inc. At the same time, the East
Carolina Alumni Association nurtures a connection
between ECU and its graduates, whose support of
the university is vital.
Private support of ECU through these foundations
provides resources that state support cannot, such
as student scholarships, state-of-the-art equipment,
programs that enrich the educational experience of
all East Carolina students, and enhancements to our
athletics facilities.
Generous support from alumni and friends continues
to be a key ingredient in East Carolina Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
rich tradition of reaching new levels of achievement
in student enrollment, academic accomplishment,
athletic excellence, and economic development for
eastern North Carolina.
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Capital Grants
3%
Grants and
Contracts
5%
SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR ECU THIS YEAR
Other Noncapital
Grants
6%
State
Appropriations
34%
The largest source of revenue for East Carolina University
comes from the services it provides. These services include
tuition, fees, student housing and dining services, and
patient medical services. State appropriations are the singlelargest portion of revenue. Grants from and contracts with
governmental and not-for-profit organizations are also
major sources of revenue. Charitable gifts to the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
foundations are an increasingly important source of revenue.
Tuition
and Fees
19%
Gifts
1%
Sales and
Services
10%
Patient Services
21%
Investment Income
1%
Other Organizations
6%
SOURCES OF GIFTS TO
ECU FOUNDATIONS THIS YEAR
Alumni and corporations are the largest contributors to the
universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foundations, representing 69 percent of total giving.
Other individuals and charitable foundations account for the
next largest block of contributions.
Corporations
21%
Alumni
48%
Charitable
Foundations
8%
Other Individuals
17%
$21.5
$21.6
$22.8
$19.1
$18.7
$16.1
Contributions to the ECU-related foundations experienced
slight declines for years ended June 30, 2013, and June 30,
2012, after four years of steady increases.
DOLLARS (in millions)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECU FOUNDATIONS
2008
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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Facility Enhancements
2%
FOUNDATIONS’ SUPPORT OF ECU
IN 2012–2013
The ECU-related foundations provided a total of $13.4
million in support of the university and its programs during
fiscal year 2013. This support funded scholarships, programs,
and facility enhancements.
Programs
38%
Scholarships
60%
$19.2
$19.3
$18.3
$13.7
FOUNDATIONS’ SUPPORT OF ECU
$13.4
$11.5
DOLLARS (in millions)
During the past six years, the ECU-related foundations have
provided approximately $95.4 million in support to the
university.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
NET ASSETS OF ECU FOUNDATIONS
(millions of $s)
ECU FOUNDATION
ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH
SCIENCES FOUNDATION
ECU EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION
EAST CAROLINA
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
TOTAL NET ASSETS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
$ 80.5
$ 65.4
$ 73.4
$ 88.8
$ 87.6
$98.0
31.1
25.5
32.2
34.6
34.8
38.2
20.9
19.5
24.7
30.1
28.5
30.7
1.2
1.1
1.4
1.8
1.8
2.0
$ 133.7
$ 111.5
$ 131.7
$ 155.3
$ 152.7
$168.9
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$145
$129
$128
2011
2012
$104
$95
$89
Endowments are important to East Carolina University because
they provide perpetual financial support. The perpetual nature
of endowments makes them an important component of
university funding.
DOLLARS (in millions)
MARKET VALUE OF ENDOWMENTS AT ECU
(NACUBO Survey)
2008
2009
2010
2013
Cash
0.75%
Alternatives
21.61%
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
(NACUBO Survey)
The investment objective for the foundations’ endowment
portfolio is to manage the portfolio in a manner that will
maximize the benefits intended by donors, support the
university’s programs, and generate sufficient long-term growth
of capital without undue exposure to risk. The portfolio is
designed to provide a sustainable level of spending distributions
as well as enhance the real (inflation adjusted) purchasing power
of the endowments. The portfolio is invested in a diversified
asset allocation.
U.S. Equities
42.12%
Int’l. Equities
19.35%
Fixed Income
16.17%
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE
2013
3 YEAR
5 YEAR
ECU CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO
13.46%
11.70%
5.20%
70% S&P 500/30% BC AGGREGATE
13.86%
14.01%
6.84%
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7 YEAR
5.70%
5.96%
10 YEAR
7.60%
6.71%
Embracing
ECU Mission
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From Dr. Glen Gilbert, Interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
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In January 2013, I accepted the role of interim vice chancellor
for advancement and, in the past year, I have witnessed firsthand
the pivotal role that the ECU foundations play in generating
resources in support of ECU’s mission.
Our focus on students
makes this year’s
outstanding giving by
our supporters even more
meaningful, and we could
not be more grateful. This
philanthropic outpouring is having a remarkable effect at East
Carolina, is making a direct impact on the quality of students’
education and lives, and is providing these talented young
scholars the means to create a better world for us all.
In times characterized by rapid change, unprecedented
uncertainty, and tough economic challenges, the ECU
foundations’ leadership carries added significance and
responsibility. Accepting this position conferred new challenges
as well as opportunities. Clearly, the deep commitment
demonstrated by our donors during last year’s major campaign
remains a strong force in moving the campus forward, but
to maintain our competitive advantage, we must raise our
intellectual stock and strengthen our academic core.
As you review this year’s annual report, you’ll notice how
many of the gifts are directed at student scholarships. You will
also discover what motivates that support, and the stories are
inspirational. We are so grateful to everyone who has embraced
our mission and responded with a contribution. Because of your
support for East Carolina University, our students are achieving
excellence and making an impact on the future of the university,
the state of North Carolina, and beyond.
These challenges are made acute by the constraints of our
state’s budget and an uncertain economy. To stand still is to fall
behind; recruitment and retention of the world’s preeminent
faculty are essential to our ability to move forward. The impact
of their work is felt across campus and into our communities.
By providing them with the resources they need, we ensure their
ability to excel and enrich university life and the world in which
we live.
Students remain the priority for everything we do at East
Carolina University. In the past year, freshman enrollment and
retention surged, thanks in large part to innovative efforts by
our dedicated faculty and staff. This means more students are
realizing their dreams of completing their education. Across the
campus, the faculty and staff are engaged in efforts to make our
curriculum as relevant to the real-world environment as possible.
Our goal is to raise the profile and perception of ECU so that
a degree from our university has more value—and to ensure
financial aid is available, so that a higher education is attainable
for every student.
To all of our donors and volunteers who have contributed
so much in terms of philanthropy and personal time to East
Carolina University, thank you. The following pages trace a
segment of the work being supported by the ECU foundations.
We invite you to join us in assessing our work from a new
vantage point—one that offers a remarkable view of recent
successes and a most promising outlook for the future.
I am pleased to present the Foundations Annual Report for
2012–2013.
Sincerely,
Glen Gilbert
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East Carolina
University
Foundation Inc.
“By recruiting top faculty and
students, we will continue
to raise the academic
performance, academic
reputation, and economic
impact of our great university.”
—Reid Fogleman
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Recruiting
Best
Brightest
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and the
No matter where I travel, I always seem to have the pleasure of crossing paths with other ECU alums. You can usually spot them by
their purple and gold tie, t-shirt, or hat, or maybe it’s their ECU bumper sticker that first catches your eye. But no matter what’s on
the outside, you can always spot the one thing all ECU alums have in common, our Pirate Pride. We are proud members of the Pirate
Nation and we have a natural desire to give back to the university that has given so much to us. We look for ways to invest in the future
and to leave a legacy for those who come after us.
One of the greatest legacies alumni can leave behind is to provide East Carolina University with the means to recruit more of the “best
and the brightest” students and faculty. By recruiting top faculty and students, we will continue to raise the academic performance,
academic reputation, and economic impact of our great university.
The best way to leave that legacy is through one of our many scholarship programs, or the creation of an endowment. An endowment
lasts in perpetuity and will provide annual funding to support student scholarships or professorships. For most people, the best way
to fund an endowment is through a planned gift. By making this commitment, you are taking landmark steps in educating the next
generation of leaders. However you decide to support our wonderful university, your proudest gift is greatly appreciated and you have
now played a role in fundamentally advancing ECU’s mission in coming years.
S. Reid Fogleman
Chair
East Carolina University Foundation
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Front row (L–R): Irwin C. Roberts, Stanley G. Eakins, Margaret C. Ward, Angela A. Allen, Brenda D. Myrick, Angela N. Moss, S. Reid
Fogleman, Virginia D. Hardy, Suzanne J. Brooks, W. Kurt Fickling, Kirk A. Dominick, Julian W. (Bubba) Rawl, Philip R. S. Waugh, Steven
W. Jones, and Phillip R. Mahoney. 2nd row (L–R): David M. White, William F. (Bill) Clark, W. Phillip Hodges, Stephen R. Cunanan, William
G. Blount, David G. Fussell Jr., A. Wayne Holloman, Robert B. Plybon, Marilyn A. Sheerer, Lynn L. Lane, James H. Mullen III, Stephen D.
Showfety, Carlester T. Crumpler, and Alvin B. Hutzler. 3rd row (L–R): T. Frederick Webb, W. Kendall Chalk, Mark E. Tipton, Samuel J.
Wornom, W. Keller Normann, Kevin M. Monroe, Frederick D. Niswander, Robert G. Brinkley, M. Dustin Field, James M. Galloway, MD, John
C. Sutherland, Henry W. Hinton Jr., J. Christopher Buddo, Paul J. Gemperline, Ronald L. Mitchelson, Marianna M. Walker, Clay Walker,
Judy A. Siguaw, Walter J. Pories, MD, Frances B. Bryan, Carol M. Mabe, Vincent C. Smith, and Glen G. Gilbert.
East Carolina
University Foundation
The East Carolina University Foundation is a dynamic, forward-looking
volunteer organization that plays a critical role in advancing our
university. This tax-exempt body cultivates friends; raises, manages, and
distributes private resources to benefit the institution, its students, and its
academic programs; provides positive public advocacy; and ensures the
“margin of excellence” that defines East Carolina University today and in
the future.
ECU Foundation Financial Statement
The annual financial report from our auditors, Clifton Gunderson LLC, and the
IRS Form 990 are available for review on our website at www.ecu.edu/ecuf or by
contacting our financial manager, Carmin Ipock, at 252-328-9596 or ipockc@ecu.
edu.
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
OFFICERS
CHAIR
S. Reid Fogleman
Principal, Capital Food Group
Raleigh, NC
VICE CHAIR
Henry W. Hinton Jr.
President, Hinton Media Group
Greenville, NC
PRESIDENT AND CEO
William F. Clark
President and CEO, ECU Foundation Inc.
Greenville, NC
SECRETARY
Lisa D. Benton
Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
Wells Fargo Corporation
Greenville, NC
TREASURER
Frederick D. Niswander
Vice Chancellor for Administration and
Finance, East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
W. Phillip Hodges
President, Metrics Inc.
Williamston, NC
PAST CHAIR
Carol M. Mabe
Former Vice President, Russell Corporation
(retired)
Oriental, NC
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Thomas F. Taft Sr.
Attorney, Taft, Taft & Haigler
Former NC State Senator
Greenville, NC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angela A. Allen
Vice President, IBM Global Business
Services
Fairfax, VA
William G. Blount
President, Home Builders Supply
Greenville, NC
William M. (Bill) Bogey Jr., MD
Physician, ECU Physicians
Greenville, NC
Donald K. Brinkley
Vice President, VantageSouth Bank
New Bern, NC
Robert G. Brinkley
Attorney (retired)
Charlotte, NC
Suzanne J. Brooks
Executive Vice President, Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Company of Central VA
Keswick, VA
Bonnie L. Brown
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (retired)
Alexandria, VA
W. Kendall Chalk
Former Senior Executive Vice President &
CCO, BB&T Corporation (retired)
Winston Salem, NC
Mark F. Copeland
CPA, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Dallas, TX
Jimmy E. Creech
President, Industrial & Construction
Enterprises
Greenville, NC
Kirk A. Dominick
Principal, I2 Consulting
Greenville, NC
Philip R. Mahoney
CEO, American Security Mortgage
Charlotte, NC
W. Kurt Fickling
President, FIRM Consulting LLC
Greenville, NC
J. Fielding Miller
CEO, CapTrust Financial Advisors
Raleigh, NC
M. Dustin Field
CEO, Tobacco Road Cellars
Raleigh, NC
Kevin M. Monroe
Assistant Vice President, CapTrust
Financial Advisors
Raleigh, NC
Rebecca D. Flowers
Owner, River Dell Development Inc.
Clayton, NC
James M. Galloway, MD
Partner, Pitt Family Physicians
Greenville, NC
Jim H. Mullen III
Former Vice Chancellor for Human
Resources, East Carolina University
(retired)
Greenville, NC
A. Wayne Holloman
Owner, Wayne Holloman & Associates
Greenville, NC
Brenda D. Myrick
Nursing Information Technology, Vidant
Health
Greenville, NC
Alvin B. Hutzler II
President, Cliff Weil Inc.
Richmond, VA
W. Keller Normann
President, Normann Financial Group
Sanford, NC
Steven W. Jones
CEO, VantageSouth Bank
Raleigh, NC
Robert B. Plybon
CEO, Plybon & Associates
Greensboro, NC
John R. Lancaster
President, CDS Properties
Wilmington, NC
Walter J. Pories, MD
Professor of Surgery and Biochemistry
ECU Department of Surgery
Macclesfield, NC
Lynn L. Lane
Former Senior Vice President and
Treasurer, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco (retired)
Chocowinity, NC
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Julian W. (Bubba) Rawl
Partner, Preston Development Company
Greenville, NC
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Irwin C. Roberts
President, Division One, Golden Corral
Corporation
Raleigh, NC
Stephen D. Showfety
President, Koury Corporation
Greensboro, NC
Vincent C. Smith
Board Adjudicator, Department of Defense
Vienna, VA
Jon E. Strickland
Assistant Vice President, CapTrust Financial
Advisors
Raleigh, NC
Mark E. Tipton
General Contractor/Land Developer
Wake Forest, NC
David R. Twiddy
Owner, Gateway Insurance Services Inc.
Elizabeth City, NC
Clay Walker
Vice President, USA Today Sports
McLean, VA
Margaret C. Ward
Former Educator (retired)
Burlington, NC
Philip R. S. Waugh
President, Trade Street Capital Partners
LLC
Winston-Salem, NC
T. Frederick Webb, DDS
Periodontist; President, TFW
Greenville, NC
Douglas H. (Wil) Wilkinson III
President, Wilkinson Automotive Inc.
Sanford, NC
Samuel J. Wornom
President, Nouveau Investments
Sanford, NC
EX-OFFICIO
Steve C. Ballard
Chancellor
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
J. Christopher Buddo
Interim Dean, College of Fine Arts and
Communication
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Richard R. Eakin
Interim Dean, Honors College
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Stanley G. Eakins
Dean, College of Business
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Paul J. Gemperline
Dean, Graduate School
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Glen G. Gilbert
Interim Vice Chancellor,
University Advancement
Dean, College of Health and Human
Performance
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Virginia D. Hardy
Vice Provost, Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Janice S. Lewis
Interim Dean, Academic Library and
Learning Resources
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Robert V. Lucas
Chair, Board of Trustees
East Carolina University
Selma, NC
Ronald L. Mitchelson
Interim Vice Chancellor, Research and
Graduate Studies
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
James B. Newman Jr.
Chair, East Carolina Alumni
Association Board
Raleigh, NC
Linda A. Patriarca
Dean, College of Education
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
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Marilyn A. Sheerer
Provost
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Judy A. Siguaw
Dean, College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Winterville, NC
Burney S. Warren III
Chair, ECU Real Estate Foundation
Greenville, NC
Alan R. White
Dean, Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
David A. White
Dean, College of Technology and
Computer Science
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Judy Oglesby earned a
degree in education thanks to
Partnership East, which offers
high-quality degree programs
to students across eastern
and central North Carolina.
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Partnering to
Advance Education
Project Involves Institutions with Common Goal
“This serves the dire need we have for teachers in poor, eastern, rural
communities,” said ECU Provost Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, who is also a member
of the SECU Foundation board. “It’s really exciting that the State Employees’
Credit Union is willing to do this.”
The first time Judy Oglesby considered going to college, she was 36 years old,
“staring divorce in the face,” and trying to figure out how she would support
her two children moving forward. A simple act got her interested in teaching—
her son’s kindergarten teacher noticed the skill she exhibited as a volunteer at
the school. A year of encouragement led her to enroll at Halifax Community
College and, two years later, at East Carolina
University.
Oglesby was part of the College of
Education’s Partnership East program, which
allows students to complete the first two
years of an education degree at one of 20
participating community colleges in eastern
and central North Carolina before transferring
to ECU. All ECU teacher preparation classes
can then be taken online and part time. The
aim is to provide students with access to highquality degree programs close to home, so
that they might remain in those communities
to teach after graduation. And that’s what
Oglesby has done—graduating in 2010
and now teaching second grade at Belmont
Elementary in her hometown, Roanoke
Rapids.
“It is difficult to find a project that
spreads a net as wide in that area as
Partnership East. This connects us
with the community college system,
public schools and East Carolina
University.”
— M A R K T W IS DA LE,
EX EC U T IV E D IR EC TO R ,
S TAT E EM P LOY EES ’
C R ED IT U N IO N F O U N DAT IO N
Kendra Alexander, major gifts officer for
the College of Education, also played a key
role in connecting the university and the
foundation.
“State Employees’ Credit Union has a huge
footprint in eastern North Carolina, and
serving people in that area has always been an
aim,” said Mark Twisdale, executive director
of the State Employees’ Credit Union
Foundation. “It is difficult to find a project
that spreads a net as wide in that area as
Partnership East. This connects us with the
community college system, public schools,
and East Carolina University.
“It’s not just sending money, but giving
people an opportunity they wouldn’t have had
otherwise.”
Oglesby said it’s given her children new
opportunities, too. They don’t doubt that
they’ll go to college because they watched her
do it, she said.
“It was a saving grace,” Oglesby said of the
program. “It turned things around for my
family.”
A generous gift from the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation ensures
more nontraditional students like Oglesby will get that same chance.
The foundation awarded East Carolina University’s College of Education $2.28
million to continue educating aspiring teachers in rural areas. The donation
funds scholarships for Partnership East students in their senior year, during
which they cannot work because they are completing full-time internships in
the classroom. More than 225 students are currently enrolled at ECU through
Partnership East.
“We are all so indebted to the State Employees’ Credit Union for its support of
our Partnership East pipeline teacher preparation program,” agreed Dr. Linda
Patriarca, dean of the College of Education. “The gift helps us to fulfill our
mission and commitment to prepare high-quality teachers for the region—
especially for those rural communities.”
The SECU Foundation promotes local and community development by
primarily funding high-impact projects in the areas of housing, education,
health care, and human services.
The $2.28 million gift will be distributed to students during the next five years.
Partnership East students earn a bachelor of science in elementary education,
middle grades education, or special education. More than 75 percent of
program graduates are teaching in North Carolina, and 94 percent of those are
in eastern North Carolina.
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With his gift to East
Carolina, Tom Arthur
has been instrumental in
having an endowed chair
established in the College
of Business.
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Focusing on
Leadership
Gift Establishes Endowed Chair
With roots in eastern North Carolina, Tom
Arthur felt the pull to return to the area. “I
grew up in Greenville and, after serving for
three years in the Army as an infantry officer
during the Vietnam War, I wanted to get an
MBA, so ECU was a logical choice.” That
logical choice stemmed from none other
than Louis C. Arthur, Tom’s grandfather,
who was one of the nine men who submitted
the formal offer for the location of the East
Carolina Teachers Training School to the State
Board of Education on June 5, 1907.
Back in 1969, when Arthur applied to ECU,
Dr. James Bearden was the dean of the
business school. Arthur was so impressed with
Bearden that he names him as his inspiration
for his decision to give back to the university.
others to step up to the plate and give back
as well.
“A financial gift to East Carolina
University is an investment in the
community, which will continue
to pay dividends of all sorts for
generations to come.”
“I was impressed with him (Bearden) from the
first moment we met, and I still am. He is a
remarkable man who has done so much for ECU,” Arthur says. Bearden played
a key role in helping Arthur determine where his gift would make the most
impact. “It was a fun process. … We talked of many different directions my gift
could take before we settled on establishing the leadership position.”
Arthur donated $1 million to the BB&T Center for Leadership Development
to establish an endowed chair in the College of Business focusing on leadership,
and his gift qualifies for $500,000 in matching funds from the University of
North Carolina Distinguished Professorship Endowed Trust Fund, which is
funded by the North Carolina legislature. Arthur hopes that his gift will inspire
“My MBA was an important part of my
business success, and my gift allowed me a
way to show my appreciation, but my bigger
goal in giving is to, hopefully, lead other
financially successful people to give to ECU.”
Serving on the board of the BB&T Center
for Leadership Development for more than
30 years has also given Arthur insight that
only confirms his choice to give back. “By
this involvement, I have had the confidence
— TO M A RT H U R
that my gift would be a contributing factor in
the continued growth of the university and
eastern NC,” says Arthur. “ECU’s mission
is education and developing leaders in all
disciplines of the university, and a by-product
of this has been the economic growth of
Greenville and eastern NC. A financial gift
to East Carolina University is an investment in the community, which will
continue to pay dividends of all sorts for generations to come.”
Arthur resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Dixie, for part of the year, and
they spend the other part of the year on their ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming. He
has been a pilot for 30 years, and when he isn’t working or volunteering, he
enjoys flying all over North America. He also enjoys spending time with his
family: his wife, two daughters, two sons-in-law, and four grandkids. He is an
avid hunter of birds and big game, and loves riding horses on his ranch.
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Advancement Staff
Bill Clark
President and CEO
ECU Foundation
252-328-9594
clarkw@ecu.edu
Greg Abeyounis
Assistant Vice Chancellor
for University Development
252-328-9573
abeyounisg@ecu.edu
Kendra Alexander
Major Gifts Officer
College of Education
252-737-4162
alexanderk@ecu.edu
Nancy L. Ball
Major Gifts Officer
College of Fine Arts
and Communication
252-737-1505
balln@ecu.edu
Natasha Byrd
Director of Donor
Relations
252-328-9559
byrdn@ecu.edu
Tammy Garris
Director of Gift Records
252-328-9572
garrist@ecu.edu
Sharon Hamilton
Director of Corporate and
Foundation Relations
252-328-9570
hamiltons@ecu.edu
Carmin Ipock
Financial Manager
252-328-9596
ipockc@ecu.edu
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Don Leggett
Major Gifts Officer
College of Health and
Human Performance
252-328-9581
leggettd@ecu.edu
Kay Murphy
Director of
Advancement Services
252-328-9563
murphyk@ecu.edu
Colin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor
Senior Major Gifts Officer
College of Business
Director of Academic
Leadership
Programs Philanthropy
252-328-9562
oconnorc@ecu.edu
Scott Snead
Major Gifts Officer
College of Technology and
Computer Science
252-328-9580
sneads@ecu.edu
Jessica Spruill
Director of Scholarships and
Fund Agreements
252-737-5014
spruillj@ecu.edu
Terri Stansbury
Director of
Communications
252-328-9597
stansburyt@ecu.edu
Jennifer Tripp
Major Gifts Officer
Thomas Harriot College
of Arts and Sciences
252-737-4201
trippj@ecu.edu
Michael Ward
Gift and Estate Officer
252-328-9566
wardmi@ecu.edu
Jennifer Watson
Interim Director of
Annual Giving
252-328-9585
watsonj@ecu.edu
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ECU Medical &
Health Sciences
Foundation Inc.
“Over $2.5 million in new
endowments, annually funded
gifts, and planned gifts were
successfully solicited….
These gifts support student
scholarships, faculty research,
and various programs across the
Division of Health Sciences.”
—James W. Chesnutt
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ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
A Productive
Year Support
of
G
Greetings from the Medical & Health Sciences Foundation! It’s been an honor for me to serve as chair of this foundation for the past
two years, and I am very proud of our success in supporting the Division of Health Sciences at East Carolina University. It’s been a
productive year for the foundation, and I am pleased to share a few highlights:
• 237 scholarships, totaling over $776,000, were awarded to students in the Brody School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine,
College of Allied Health Sciences, and the College of Nursing.
• Over $2.5 million in new endowments, annually funded gifts, and planned gifts were successfully solicited benefiting the four
colleges and schools, Laupus Library, and the East Carolina Heart Institute. These gifts support student scholarships, faculty
research, and various programs across the Division of Health Sciences.
• We welcomed two new gift officers to our staff. Kathy Brown joined us in April as the major gifts officer for the Brody School
of Medicine. Kathy has over 20 years of fund-raising experience and most recently served as the MGO for the College of Human
Ecology and the Honors College. Dwain Teague joined us in June as the major gifts officer for the Laupus Health Sciences Library
and the Joyner Library. Dwain has over 12 years of library fund-raising experience and came back to ECU after a few years with the
University of Central Florida and North Carolina State University.
I would like to thank the hard-working individuals who serve with me on the Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Board of
Directors. They are committed to supporting the units in the Division of Health Sciences—the Brody School of Medicine, the
School of Dental Medicine, the College of Allied Health Sciences, the College of Nursing, the Laupus Health Sciences Library, and
the East Carolina Heart Institute—by giving of their time, talent, and treasure. They wholeheartedly believe that today’s students will
be tomorrow’s health-care professionals and leaders, and yesterday’s students are today’s alumni who are transforming health care in
our communities.
The students and faculty on ECU’s Health Sciences Campus inspire us every day, and we thank you for this year’s gifts and invite
your continued support.
James W. Chesnutt ’63
Chair
ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation
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Front row (L–R): Roddy Jones, Jim Chesnutt, Barbara Bremer, Tommy Edwards, Ledyard Ross, Jon Day, Sylvia Brown, and Stacy Brody.
Back row (L–R): Tom Southern, Dr. John Holt, Richard Brown, Gary Vanderpool, Dr. Don Hardee, Dr. Doug Privette, Dr. Greg Chadwick,
David Ward, Dr. Jasper Lewis Jr., and Tom Robinson.
ECU Medical & Health
Sciences Foundation
The East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc. is
a 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to seek and acquire charitable
gift support from individuals, businesses, organizations, corporations, and
foundations to support ECU’s Division of Health Sciences, including the
College of Nursing, Brody School of Medicine, College of Allied Health
Sciences, William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina Heart
Institute, School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity
Institute, and the Leo Jenkins Cancer Center. As the division’s official
charity, funds received and managed by the Medical & Health Sciences
Foundation are designed to enhance education, teaching, research, and
service within the Health Sciences Division at East Carolina University.
ECU Medical & Health Sciences Financial Statement
The annual financial report from our auditors, Clifton Gunderson LLC, and the IRS
Form 990 are available for review on our website at www.ecu.edu/mhsfoundation
or by contacting our controller, Britt Sholar, at 252-744-2068 or sholarj@ecu.edu.
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ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
OFFICERS
CHAIR
James W. Chesnutt
President/CEO, National Spinning Co.
Washington, NC
SECRETARY
Stacy C. Brody
Community Volunteer
Greenville, NC
VICE CHAIR
Richard Brown, Retired
Former (retired) Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
Emerald Isle, NC
TREASURER
Gary R. Vanderpool
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Administration and Finance, Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
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ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gale B. Adcock
Chief Health Officer, SAS Corporate
Health Services
Cary, NC
B. Mayo Boddie Jr.
Vice President, Bay Foods
Rocky Mount, NC
Barbara W. Bremer
Retired Speech Pathologist
Greenville, NC
Yonnie Butler, MBA
Assistant Director, Career Service, Fuqua
School of Business, Duke University
Durham, NC
Gabriel (Gabe) Cipau, PhD
President, Key Partners Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Jonathan R. Day
President, Jon Day & Associates Inc.
Greenville, NC
Thomas L. Edwards Sr.
President, Carolina Ice Company Inc.
Kinston, NC
E. Bradley Evans
Attorney, Ward & Smith
Winterville, NC
William Anthony “Andy” Ferrell
President, Pharmaceutical Calibrations
and Instrumentation, LLC
Raleigh, NC
Donald L. Hardee, DDS
President, Donald L. Hardee, DDS
Greenville, NC
John P. Holt Jr., MD
Partner, Triangle Gastroenterology
Wake Forest, NC
Robert (Roddy) L. Jones
Developer, Davidson & Jones Group
Raleigh, NC
Vincent Robert (Rob) Jones
CEO, the little bank
Greenville, NC
Jasper L. Lewis Jr., DDS
Eastern Orthodontists and Pediatric
Dentistry
Greenville, NC
Garrie W. Moore, EdD
Retired, Vice Chancellor for Student Life,
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
J. Gregory Nelson
Rocky Mount Orthopaedics Center
Rocky Mount, NC
Suzanne Pecheles
Community Volunteer
Greenville, NC
Diane A. Poole
Retired, Vidant Health
Kinston, NC
Douglas Privette, MD, FACC
Director, Regional Development, East
Carolina Heart Institute at PCMH
Greenville, NC
Mary J. Raab
Retired, Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina
University
Greenville, NC
Tom Robinson
Senior Vice President of Merchandising,
Food Lion, LLC
Salisbury, NC
Phyllis N. Horns, RN, DSN, FAAN
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Frederick D. Niswander, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Administration and
Finance
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Dorothy A. Spencer, PhD
Director, William E. Laupus Health
Sciences Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Stephen W. Thomas, EdD
Dean, College of Allied Health Sciences
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
EMERITUS MEMBERS
William S. Robinson
Owner, W. S. Robinson, CPA, PA
Grimesland, NC
Ledyard E. Ross, DDS
Retired, Dentist
Greenville, NC
Thomas L. Southern
Mass Mutual Financial Group
New Bern, NC
Joseph L. Tart
Attorney, Joseph Tart Attorney
Dunn, NC
Alice H. Bost
Community Volunteer
Greenville, NC
Hyman J. Brody
BrodyCo Inc.
Greenville, NC
John M. Hines
Former (retired) Vice President, A. C.
Monk Tobacco Company
Beaufort, NC
Eloise K. Howard
Community Volunteer
Greenville, NC
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Steve Ballard, PhD
Chancellor
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Sylvia T. Brown, EdD
Dean, College of Nursing
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Gregory Chadwick, DDS
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Paul R. G. Cunningham, MD, FACS
Dean, Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Glen G. Gilbert
Interim Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Dean, College of Health and Human
Performance
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
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H. L. Stephenson III
Ward & Smith, PA
Winterville, NC
Shelby S. Strother
Educator (retired)
Edenton, NC
David L. Ward Jr.
Attorney, Ward & Smith, PA
New Bern, NC
INTERIM PRESIDENT
Marcy Romary
Interim President, Medical & Health
Sciences Foundation, East Carolina
University
Greenville, NC
Family ties built the
foundation for the
Wellon-Edwards
Nursing Scholarship,
which was established
by cousins Nancy
Windes and Mary
Plybon in honor of their
mothers.
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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Cherishing Friendship
and Family Ties
Cousins Honor Their Mothers with Scholarship
that we do something in honor of our mothers … it was important to me
that several criteria be met: There should be a North Carolina connection, an
education connection, and a way to help others. Mary readily agreed. After
much thought, research, and discussion, we settled on a nursing scholarship at
ECU.”
It has been said that children are the sum of what mothers contribute to their
lives. For cousins Nancy Windes and Mary Plybon, that statement definitely
rings true.
“As cousins growing up in North Carolina and Virginia, we thought it was very
special that our mothers, Grace Edwards and Eula Sawrey, were nurses,” Windes
says. “Their friendship and nursing careers, as well as the many examples they
set for us by reaching out in service to others, inspired Mary and me. And, like
them, the two of us cherish the friendship and family ties that we share with
each other.”
Plybon adds, “It (ECU) seemed like a good fit for the goals Nancy and I
wanted to accomplish. Aunt Grace, Nancy’s mother, attended ECU prior to
nursing school; my husband, Bob, and I both graduated from ECU, as did my
father along with many other family members and friends of ours.
“Bob and I have been very active ECU alums; Bob currently serves on the ECU
Foundation board, and I am the immediate past chair of the ECU Women’s
Roundtable. I often say that, certainly, all people who attend ECU do not come
from NC, nor do they all stay in NC after graduation. But I am convinced that
wherever they land, they will make it a better place due, in large part, to the
education they receive at ECU. It is not only an honor, but an obligation to give
back.”
That friendship, and those family ties, began more than 70 years ago when two
girls in their late teens, Grace Edwards and Eula Sawrey, met as roommates at
Carolina General School of Nursing in Wilson, North Carolina. It was there
the girls began a lifelong friendship that later became a family connection
as well when Eula fell in love with, and eventually married, Grace’s brother,
Charles.
Both girls were born and raised in eastern North Carolina and grew up during
hard times in families that valued education and strong work ethic. So, after
high school graduation, Grace and Nancy both attended college for one year
prior to enrolling in nursing school at Carolina General. Grace attended East
Carolina Teachers College (now East Carolina University), and Eula attended
Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College).
Letters that Windes and Plybon receive from the scholarship recipients mean a
great deal to them.
“It’s a pleasure to learn about their lives growing up in North Carolina, their
excitement about their studies, and their future goals and hopes as nurses,”
Windes says.
After three years of nursing school, they graduated as registered nurses on
September 4, 1943, which happened to be Grace’s 21st birthday as well.
Grace then cared for her ill father and worked as a private duty nurse in North
Carolina and Virginia, and Eula joined the Women’s Army Corps serving as a
field hospital nurse in France during World War II.
Plybon attended the ECU College of Nursing Banquet last fall and had the
opportunity to meet the 2012 Wellons-Edwards scholarship recipient and her
family. “It was a delightful evening, and I was humbled to see and hear firsthand
how important the scholarship was to her and her family,” she says.
When asked why she chose to join the service, Eula replied simply, “They
needed nurses, and I was a nurse!”
Both women had long and fulfilling careers in nursing. Grace worked as an
OB-GYN nurse in Richmond, Virginia, for more than 30 years until retiring at
the age of 65. Afterward, she volunteered in the same hospital for several more
years. Eula worked in North Carolina hospitals and doctors’ offices for 25 years.
Following retirement, she helped people in her community by checking their
blood pressure, giving allergy shots, and pulling baby teeth, all free of charge.
The Wellons-Edwards Nursing Scholarship
Because of their mothers’ selfless contributions to others during their long
careers in nursing, Windes and Plybon decided that establishing a nursing
scholarship at East Carolina University in their mothers’ names would be a great
way of honoring them.
When asked why they specifically chose ECU as the recipient of their
scholarship, Windes replied, “When I first thought about suggesting to Mary
The women encourage others to take the step and do something to help
ensure that qualified students, regardless of their economic situation, have the
opportunity to continue their education at ECU. “Our mothers had to work
hard in order to help pay for their education. Nancy and I did not. Now, it’s
our turn to help someone else, and I know our mothers would be honored and
delighted!” Plybon says.
Windes resides in Denver, Colorado, and is a longtime weekly volunteer with
Meals on Wheels. She volunteers at St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Denver,
where she taught for many years, giving presentations about the history of the
school and community service.
Plybon resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, and, outside of her and her
husband’s ECU involvement, is active with the nonprofit Triad Golfers Against
Cancer and her church, St. Francis Episcopal Church.
“And of course,” she adds, “our four darling grandchildren who all wear purple
and gold!”
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Thanks to a gift
from Ann Neville, a
scholarship fund will
have a lasting impact
in assisting future
family practice medical
students at East
Carolina.
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ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
An Ongoing Journey
Alumna Remembers Alma Mater throughout Life Paths
As she first entered East Carolina University in 1962 straight off her family’s
farm in Orange County, North Carolina, Ann Neville was immediately
challenged by an influential history professor to look beyond her goals of
becoming a high school teacher and strive to become a college professor.
This challenge set her on a new journey to
achieving her aspirations. Other activities,
including serving as president for the Women’s
Judiciary and as house president of her
sorority, shaped her into the woman she is
today. Her lifetime involvement began when
she was a college marshal. While serving
punch at Board of Trustees events, she was
privy to discussions leading to East Carolina’s
fight for university status and the beginning
of plans for a medical school.
Neville describes Leo Jenkins as her hero
because, to her, he was “a modern-day David
struggling with the Goliaths of North
Carolina and its university system.” Though
the battle to gain a medical school at ECU
was tough, she is comforted in knowing that
it did, in fact, become a reality.
in their community. Through a charitable gift annuity, she has established the
Ann Neville Scholarship in Family Medicine for the Brody School of Medicine.
She gets a sense of happiness knowing that her gift will have a lasting impact in
assisting future family practice medical students.
“ … With over 75,000 female
graduates, we are in a position to
continue and enhance the ECU
mission by our support. As
nurturing individuals who care
about quality of life, we should give
back because East Carolina once
gave to us.”
Her time at East Carolina was just the
beginning of her journey. Once she graduated
with a degree in history in 1966 and a
master’s degree in 1968, she went on to
teach history at Mount Olive College for the
next three years. After her time there, she moved on to work at the University
of Georgia Department of Housing while completing a degree in Student
Personnel Administration in Higher Education.
This degree began her 40-year career as a college administrator and instructor
in colleges throughout South Carolina and Tennessee. She led an accomplished
career until she decided to retire from her final job as vice president for student
affairs at Martin Methodist College.
Even though Neville worked at other colleges and traveled around the world,
she remained a Pirate at heart. Reconnecting with ECU through the Women’s
Roundtable and seeing a firsthand view of the progress the university has made,
as well as the need to continue this progress, led her to consider making a
gift to ECU. She wanted to make a gift that would help continue the plan of
preparing native North Carolinians to provide family medical care to people
— A N N N EV ILLE
Neville’s work through the Women’s
Roundtable has afforded her the opportunity
to tour the new family practice quarters, meet
students, and hear presentations by faculty
and administrators. When describing her
experience with the Women’s Roundtable,
she says, “We women alumnae of ECU have
a great opportunity to connect with, and
be involved in, the life and future of ECU
through the Women’s Roundtable.”
By getting reconnected with ECU, Neville
has loved remembering and reliving some
of the happiest moments of her life. She
would tell any woman who is considering
becoming involved with ECU and the
Women’s Roundtable that “with over 75,000
female graduates, we are in a position to
continue and enhance the ECU mission by
our support. As nurturing individuals who
care about quality of life, we should give back
because East Carolina once gave to us.”
Neville is pleasantly surprised to find that
the ECU community continues to commit
itself to proposals outlined by her hero, Leo Jenkins. She hopes that everyone
understands ECU’s commitment to preparing the sons and daughters of North
Carolina to provide medical care to the “homefolks.” She insists that “ECU’s
tenacity in adhering to its mission over many decades” continues to impress her.
When she is not working or volunteering, Neville spends her time cheering on
Pirate football and the Tennessee Titans, whose running back is former ECU
player Chris Johnson. She also enjoys traveling with friends. She attributes trips
to places such as Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as transiting the
Panama Canal, as some of the most memorable moments of her life.
While a very adventurous traveler, she still enjoys spending time nurturing her
small-town roots on her farm, with her border collie, Tuxedo, and riding her
horse—appropriately named Journey.
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ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
Advancement Staff
Marcy Romary
Interim President, Medical &
Health Sciences Foundation
252-744-3057
romarym@ecu.edu
Mark W. Alexander
Major Gifts Officer
College of Nursing
252-744-2324
alexanderma@ecu.edu
Kathy Brown
Major Gifts Officer
Health Sciences Division and
Brody School of Medicine
252-744-6265
brownka@ecu.edu
Karen Cobb
Director of Annual Giving and
Alumni and Parent Relations
Brody School of Medicine
252-744-3231
cobbk@ecu.edu
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Patrice M. Frede
Major Gifts Officer
College of Allied Health Sciences
252-744-3523
fredep@ecu.edu
Britt Sholar
Controller
Health Sciences Division
252-744-22068
sholarj@ecu.edu
Dwain P. Teague
Major Gifts Officer
Laupus Health Sciences Library
and Academic Library Services
252-328-0252
teagued@ecu.edu
Kristen Ward
Major Gifts Officer
School of Dental Medicine
252-744-2239
wardk@ecu.edu
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ECU
Educational
Foundation Inc.
“We will not be content until we’ve
taken our athletic programs to
the highest level. Our foundation
is truly making a difference in the
lives and futures of our studentathletes. We are the team behind
the teams.”
—Jimmy Creech
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
True Passion
Spirit
and
A
As a longtime resident of Greenville, I have witnessed firsthand the true passion and spirit of the
Pirate Nation. There is a strong sense of community and belonging within the Pirate family. Our
goals and expectations will never wane as we aggressively pursue excellence both in the classroom
and on the playing field. We will not accept anything less than the best. We will rally and prevail;
we are the Spirit of the East.
It has truly been an honor and privilege for me to have served as executive president for the
ECU Educational Foundation these past three years. Our foundation board is made up of well-respected professional business leaders and
owners who have invested a significant amount of their time and resources. These individuals exemplify the passion and love we all have
for East Carolina University and the desired success for all its academics and athletic programs. I genuinely appreciate their confidence and
support as well as the opportunity afforded me to lead this distinguished group of individuals.
This fall marked the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The stadium’s rich history and legacy began on
September 21, 1963, when 17,000 fans watched East Carolina defeat Wake Forest 20-10. Our Pirates have turned in 37 winning seasons
and own an all-time record of 167-85-1 (.662) leading into the 2013 campaign. Through the dedicated fund-raising efforts over the years
by our foundation, there have been several additions and renovations to the stadium. The official capacity is presently 50,000, making it the
third-largest college stadium in North Carolina. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium boasts one of the best venues and game-day experiences of any
major university in the South.
The year 2013 also witnessed the opening of the Smith Williams Center, a 49,000-square-foot multilevel basketball practice facility that
will also house the Athletics Hall of Fame. More than $16 million has now been raised by the foundation toward the funding of the “Step
Up to the Highest Level” capital campaign. The goal to fully fund this project is within our immediate reach.
As we move forward into the new American Athletic Conference, our vision is the same as it was 50 years earlier when the forerunner of
the Pirate Club was established: to compete at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics and to fully fund all scholarships allowed by
the NCAA. Our total scholarship expense for 2013 was nearly $7 million. We continue to “Attack the Gap” as a result of the increased
scholarship cost created by the elimination of the out-of-state tuition waiver, combined with escalading tuition and fees. Today that gap
represents a $2 million shortfall for the current fiscal year. However, I am pleased to report that the Pirate Club remains motivated and
financially strong. We will not be content until we’ve taken our athletic programs to the highest level. Our foundation is truly making a
difference in the lives and futures of our student-athletes. We are the team behind the teams.
Go Pirates!
Jimmy Creech
Executive President
ECU Educational Foundation
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Front row (L–R): Rogers Clark, Linda Tripp, Carl Rogers, Jim Creech, Walter Hinson, Tracey Allen, Clara Darden, and J. Batt. Back row (L–R):
George Turner, Donnie Bunn, Arnold Wallace, Dr. William (Bill) Bogey, Mike Rogers, Smokey Norris, Mike Ash, Danny Nichols, and Jeff
Compher.
ECU Educational Foundation
The mission of the East Carolina University Educational Foundation Inc.,
d/b/a the Pirate Club, is to be the friend-raising and fund-raising arm
of East Carolina University’s Division I athletics program, representing
the highest principles of honesty and integrity. By conducting annual
fund, endowment, and capital campaigns in support of student-athlete
scholarships, athletic facility enhancements, and other programmatic
needs, the Pirate Club seeks to bring positive recognition to East Carolina
University and the region it serves through a competitive athletics program.
ECU Educational Foundation Financial Statement
The annual financial report from our auditors, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, and
the IRS Form 990 are available for review on our website at www.ecupirateclub.
com or by contacting our controller, Sheri Whitfield, at 252-737-4628 or
whitfields@ecu.edu.
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Carl Rogers
President and CEO, Dubose National
Energy Services Inc.
Clinton, NC
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Jerry L. Wilkins
Southeast Regional Corporate Banker,
Branch Banking & Trust Company
Wilmington, NC
Donnie Bunn
President/CEO, First South Leasing, LLC
Greenville, NC
Mike Rogers
Chair, Champions Point Ventures, LLC
Cary, NC
George C. Turner
Owner, Summer Rest Foundation
Wilmington, NC
David T. Marshburn
DDS, PA
Williamston, NC
Linda Tripp
President, Carolina Court Reporters Inc.
Greenville, NC
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT
Jim Creech
President and CEO, Industrial &
Construction Enterprises Inc.
Greenville, NC
2011–2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2012–2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tracey Allen
Partner, Sullivan Shearin and Company
Greenville, NC
Landon Minges
Business Development Manager,
Minges Bottling Group
Greenville, North Carolina
Arnold Wallace
President, FlowServe (Retired)
Clayton, North Carolina
Harry Smith
CEO/President, Flanders Filters Inc.
Washington, North Carolina
DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Mr. Walter L. Williams
Vice President, Trade-Wilco-Hess
Greenville, NC
Mike Ash
President, European Tooling Systems Inc.
Washington, NC
Clara Darden
Owner, Darden Appraisals
Ahoskie, NC
Smokey Norris
Division President, US Foods
Clinton, NC
Dr. William Bogey
Professor of Surgery, Department of
Cardiovascular Sciences, Brody School of
Medicine, East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Dan Nichols
President, SCA Collections Inc.
Greenville, NC
Rogers H. Clark
President, Sampson-Bladen Oil Company
Elizabethtown, North Carolina
2013–2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EX-OFFICIO
ECU CHANCELLOR
Steve Ballard, PhD
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Jeff Compher
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
J. Batt
East Carolina University Educational
Foundation Inc.
Greenville, NC
(continued)
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
EX-OFFICIO (continued)
EXECUTIVE TREASURER
Frederick D. Niswander
Vice Chancellor, Administration and
Finance, East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE
David A. Dosser Jr., PhD
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
OTHER
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
Sherrilyn R. Johnson
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
COUNSEL
Walter Hinson
Senior Partner, Hinson & Rhyne, PA
Wilson, NC
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Hal Johnson, shown
here with wife Debbie
and daughters Holly and
Ashley, says giving back
to East Carolina is an
honor and a privilege.
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Supporting Extra Effort
Gifts from Estate, Other Sources to Assist Student-Athletes
Hal Johnson is kind of a three-sport guy.
He and his wife, Debbie, have made provisions to
fund scholarships in football and basketball from
their estate.
Then there’s baseball, which is the sport Johnson
sometimes thinks in terms of in his work at BB&T.
As a manager for an institution that counts more
than $185 billion in assets, he says, “My boss
always tells me my job ‘is to get on base. We’re not
going for doubles, triples, or home runs. Just get on
base, and we’ll get the runners home.’ That’s sort of
the philosophy of just sort of do the best you can
every day, but don’t get too complex. Singles in life
are good.”
Johnson already has experienced the personal
satisfaction of sponsoring a scholarship in East
Carolina’s College of Business.
“It’s been an honor and a joy to see how it’s
helped,” said Johnson, who normally gets
correspondence from those receiving scholarship
funds when an award is granted by the school.
“The stories are really powerful.”
Johnson has sought to expand the assistance with
a gift established through planned giving to the
Educational Foundation, better known as the Pirate
Club. Johnson said athletics have a vital role with
former students.
“From an alumni perspective, sports is often what
keep alumni connected to the university,” he said.
“That’s an important and powerful thing. I’m also
impressed with how ECU hasn’t lost the student in
student-athlete. I think we run our programs in a
very honorable way. I think that’s a great thing to
be able to contribute to.
“I don’t want to contribute to it too soon, but
when that day comes it will be a wonderful thing
to support those kids who are putting in that extra
effort. It’s a hard thing to be a student-athlete and
spend all that time in practice.
“We go watch them play on Saturdays or during
the week for basketball or baseball. They’re putting
their heart and soul into that. To be able to be a
part of that is a great honor.”
Johnson also has another reason to return to
campus. His older daughter, Holly, is a junior
studying exercise physiology at ECU. She wants to
become a physical therapist after graduate school.
“It’s been even more fun with her there,” Johnson
said. “My wife and I will go down and get to see
her when we visit campus for the games. But being
a lifelong Pirate, there’s plenty of incentive to go
anyway.”
Johnson grew up on Long Island, outside of New
York City, but knew he wanted to go to college in
the South.
He applied to several schools below the MasonDixon line.
“ECU sent me an acceptance letter with an early
enrollment tied to it,” Johnson recalled. “It felt
right. It seemed like they were reaching out to me,
and I took advantage of the invitation.”
Johnson already had roots in the area. His dad, Ray
Johnson, was originally from Ayden.
How did his father wind up on Long Island?
“To hear his story, that was where the Navy
dropped him off, and he couldn’t afford to go
home,” Johnson said. “He got employment in New
York and met my mother, who was from New
York, and that’s where they raised their family.”
Johnson arrived at ECU in 1978, the middle of the
Pat Dye coaching era for the football program.
“Football was always a social event, and there was
a lot of school pride around that,” Johnson said.
“We had some good teams, some good coaches,
and a lot of good things going on. Sports was a big
part of the college experience.”
Johnson had neighbors who were involved
in commercial banking in New York, and he
gravitated toward studying business as a result.
“I was always sort of fascinated by that,” he said.
“ ... At the time, it seemed like something I would
enjoy doing. I started out in accounting and
finance. I sort of tried both of them out and really
found my love and my passion was more in the
finance track than the accounting track, although,
quite honestly, there’s not a lot of difference
between the two.”
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Johnson went straight into the MBA program after
getting his undergraduate degree.
“When I came out in ’82, I was facing a pretty bad
economy, so I decided to go back and pursue the
MBA,” he said.
Johnson began working with Southern National
Bank in 1983.
“I was really blessed,” he said. “After a few years
with the bank, I was able to move into a role that
really allowed me to use the finance. I spent a lot
of time doing merger and acquisition work for the
bank. I eventually moved over into my current role
as treasurer. Joining the bank was a good fit, just
like when I was interviewing at ECU. The bank was
really trying to find the right way to fit me into the
company. I do things in my life out of my heart
and where I feel led to go.
“Just like ECU. Landing there felt good, and it’s
been an extraordinarily wonderful career.”
Southern National merged with BB&T in 1995.
Johnson is currently executive vice president and
treasurer of BB&T Corporation in Winston-Salem.
He has an ECU football helmet in his fifth-floor
office.
“It’s sort of interesting that I ended up in WinstonSalem because my initial roommate was from
Winston, so I got to know a lot of Winston-Salem
people in my college career,” Johnson said. “When
the bank moved their headquarters here, it was
almost like going home.”
Johnson enjoyed his educational experience at ECU
and obviously was sufficiently trained to handle
meaningful responsibilities with a corporate giant.
“The thing that stands out in my mind was that the
education was very practical-based,” Johnson said.
“In MBA school, for instance, we had partnerships
with the Small Business Association. We actually
went out and worked with businesses and solved
problems for them. I thought that was very, very
powerful and learned a tremendous amount from
doing that because it’s just not learning out of a
book in the classroom and through the professor.
You’re actually going and talking to entrepreneurs,
solving problems, and seeing what’s really going on
in a real business. I thought that was a real plus.”
Vern Davenport wore
the purple and gold as
a football player during
the Pat Dye era, and
he continues to show
his Pirate pride by
contributing to his alma
mater.
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Receiving and Giving
Experience as Student-Athlete Motivates Alum to Contribute
When Vern Davenport walked on at East Carolina
from his hometown in nearby Grifton and earned a
football scholarship, he was a receiver.
my dad how I needed to get stronger, faster, and
better. I got a bit stronger and a little better. I never
got faster.”
Now, he is a giver.
A conversation with Dye one afternoon after
a session of spring workouts produced a great
exhilaration.
Davenport recently endowed the ECU Educational
Foundation, more familiarly known as the Pirate
Club, with a gift of $500,000. He recently added
a $100,000 gift to be used to complete the
basketball practice facility.
“If all I had was five bucks, I would have given
that,” he said.
Davenport has been successful as an executive
in the medical technology field with his ECU
education. Also among his assets is a wealth of
colorful stories about his playing days for former
Pirates coach and ECU hall of famer Pat Dye from
1978 to 1980. He gives of his time and energy as
a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, as
well.
“I remember very vividly as I was coming back
into the field house very unexpectedly, coach Dye
informed me that they were going to give me a
scholarship,” Davenport said. “That was probably
in the top 10 of the happiest moments in my life,
to have worked so hard and earned the confidence
of someone like Pat Dye and I could play on a
team that was as talented as those teams were in
that era.”
The Pirates were indeed talented, going 48-18-1
during the Dye era from 1974 to 1979.
Davenport remembers the lone tie, 24-24, at
North Carolina in 1979.
In his high school annual at Ayden-Grifton,
Davenport expressed his career goal in four words:
“to play college football.”
He caught the scoring pass from Leander Green
that gave the Pirates a 24-21 lead. Davenport
kicked off and UNC drove for a tying field goal.
Davenport enrolled in the school of hard knocks at
ECU as a member of the scout team.
The Tar Heels tried an onside kick, which the
Pirates recovered. Davenport attempted a 63-yard
field goal in the final seconds that came up a few
yards short.
“We had a guy who was a free safety by the
name of Jim Bolding, who was an All American,”
Davenport said. “ ... That fall of my freshman year,
Jim taught me a really powerful lesson…. I could
catch the ball or not catch the ball; he was still was
going to knock the hell out of me!
“I said to myself, ‘If I’m going to get hit, I might as
well catch the ball.’”
Davenport had never been to a college football
game until he dressed out for one. He was
mortified to see his father, Roger, peeking through
the bushes adjacent to the practice field as the
Pirates held a closed workout during game week.
His dad’s vantage point also came to Dye’s
attention, and the Pirates coach sent some staff to
check on the unauthorized observer. Coach Dye,
after finding out that the unauthorized observer
was Vern’s dad, waved him onto the practice field.
“My dad came out on the field, and he was
standing there talking with coach Dye,” said
Davenport, who was fearing the worst from the
situation. “It turned out that coach Dye was telling
“My biggest thrill and greatest disappointment
of my college career came pretty close together,”
Davenport said.
But who expected him to make a 63-yarder?
“I did,” Davenport said.
That confidence and determination was why Dye
knew Davenport was something special.
“He was a blessing to coach,” said the venerable
Dye, an All American at Georgia in his own playing
days. “It doesn’t surprise me that he’s giving money
back if he’s got the wherewithal to make that kind
of donation.
“That would be right down his alley from the way
he played. That was the kind of person he was
when he played. He was a giving guy. He was a
team guy. ... It makes my heart feel good that he
would do that. He was one of the special kids that
I’ve had the privilege to coach over the years. He’s
one at the top of the list as far as character, what
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he stood for, and what he was.”
Davenport said his teammates, who included Mike
Weaver, Bolding, Jimbo Walker, Henry Trevathan
Jr., Wayne Inman, Matt Mulholland, Billy Ray
Washington, Green, current coach Ruffin McNeill,
and Anthony Collins, had a special esprit de corps.
“There was a special character to the people who
were on that team,” Davenport said. “No one ever
made you feel that you were different. Everyone
was embraced and there was great camaraderie, and
that camaraderie still exists with those teammates
today.”
Davenport said that his experience in the ECU
football program has helped him throughout
his professional career, most recently as CEO of
several health-care companies.
“I’ve been lucky enough to work with very talented
people throughout my career,” he said. “Part of
leadership is to understand my role and learn how
to effectively leverage the broader organization
so that you get the best out of all your collective
efforts.
“It’s amazing that people who want to work hard
and be successful tend to be around people who
feel the same way. It was the same for our team
at East Carolina. The difference is you learn
sometimes more quickly in an athletic environment
what people are capable of than in a business
environment.”
Davenport would like to give more to ECU.
“I want East Carolina to sustain its success,” he
said. “That place is so important to eastern North
Carolina, to North Carolina, and to the eastern
United States.
“ECU is in constant need of alumni support to
stay successful, and I wanted to do my part to help
the university grow and attract the best students.”
His parents, Roger and Phyllis, still live in the
house Davenport grew up in in Grifton.
The former ECU player has six daughters, three by
his current wife, Julie. He resides in Wake Forest,
North Carolina, but part of his heart will always
be at ECU.
“I love the place because of what it’s done for me
and my family,” Davenport said. “Based on what
ECU has given to me, it’s really easy to give back.”
ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Advancement Staff
J. Batt
Executive Director/Senior
Associate Athletics Director
ECU Educational Foundation
252-737-4540
battj@ecu.edu
Jared Brinkley
Assistant Director
ECU Educational Foundation
252-737-4547
brinkleyja@ecu.edu
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ECU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Mark Hessert
Associate Executive Director/
Associate Athletics Director
ECU Educational Foundation
252-737-4543
hessertm@ecu.edu
Matt Maloney
Assistant Athletics Director
for Major Gifts
ECU Educational Foundation
252-737-4538
maloneyj@ecu.edu
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Mack McCarthy
Assistant Athletics Director/
Development Relations
ECU Educational Foundation
252-737-4181
mccarthyw@ecu.edu
East Carolina
Alumni
Association Inc.
“We believe in enhancing the
student experience because
engaged students become
engaged alumni who help
strengthen ECU.”
—Jim Newman
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Informing,
Involving,
Serving
and
the ECU Family
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Dear Pirates,
As I reflect on my past year as chair of the board of directors, I am proud to see the impact
the East Carolina Alumni Association and its members have had on the student experience at
East Carolina University, particularly through our Alumni Scholarship program.
The Alumni Association informs, involves, and serves members of the ECU family throughout their lifelong relationship with the
university. This relationship begins with students while they are on campus. We believe in enhancing the student experience because
engaged students become engaged alumni who help strengthen ECU.
In addition to supporting and being involved with student service and leadership groups like the ECU Ambassadors, Magnolia Belles,
and Forever Pirates, we offer Alumni Scholarships to the best and brightest students to ensure their success here at East Carolina. Since
2005, the Alumni Scholarship program has awarded more than 179 scholarships totaling $251,000.
We could not give these Alumni Scholarships without our alumni involvement and commitment. The 2012 ECU Alumni Scholarship
Classic golf tournament and the 2012 Pirate’s Bounty Scholarship Auction together raised more than $27,500 for our scholarship
program. In addition, the 2013 Pirate Alumni Road Race and Fun Run raised over $2,000 for the scholarship program. We also
received many generous donations from alumni throughout the year.
Your support of Alumni Scholarships means that ECU can retain accomplished students who will advance ECU’s reputation and
continue to give back to the university as alumni. In the following pages, you will see comments from two Alumni Scholarship donors
and a recipient addressing why this program is so important.
Several other noteworthy accomplishments over the past year include: the Alumni Association’s website had more than 650,000 views;
in addition to electronic media, the association sent approximately 195,000 printed items; and 11,568 participants came to 109 total
events.
It has been another wonderful year for the East Carolina Alumni Association, made possible by your generous contributions. Thank
you for your dedication and your support. We look forward to continuing to inform, involve, and serve the students and alumni of East
Carolina for another great year.
Go Pirates!
Jim Newman
Chair
East Carolina Alumni Association
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Front row (L–R): Mike Kowalczyk, Angela Moss, Robin Good, Melanie Holden, Marian McLawhorn, Glenda Palmer-Moultrie, Ralph Finch, and
Paul Clifford. Middle row (L–R): Tarrick Cox, Jim Newman, Carl Davis, John Israel, Duane Grooms, and Dean Browder. Back row (L–R): Jeff
Foster, Charlie Martin Jr., Wesley Johnson, Pat Lane, Dave Englert, and William Burnette.
East Carolina
Alumni Association
The East Carolina Alumni Association is the constituency of former
students whose continuing interest and support have helped ECU
become known as one of the finest comprehensive universities in the
South. The Alumni Association will inform, involve, and serve members
of the ECU family throughout their lifelong relationship with the
university.
ECAA Financial Statement
The annual financial report from our auditors, Clifton Gunderson, LLC, and the IRS
Form 990 are available for review on our website at www.piratealumni.com or by
contacting our accountant, Candace High, at 252-328-0604 or highc@ecu.edu.
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Jim Newman Jr. ’68 ’74
CFO/Controller, NC Department of Insurance
Raleigh, NC
SECRETARY
Glenda Palmer-Moultrie ’79
Owner, L&L Travel and Tours
Derwood, MD
VICE CHAIR
Angela Moss ’97 ’98
Investment Associate, UNC Management Company Inc.
Raleigh, NC
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Carl Davis ’73
Eastern Region Sales Manager, Electronic Research
Raleigh, NC
TREASURER
Neal Crawford ’85
President, Monarch Bank
Richmond, VA
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Paul J. Clifford
Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations, East Carolina
Alumni Association
Greenville, NC
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Diane Davis Ashe ’83 ’85
Professor of Psychology, Valencia Community College
Celebration, FL
Pat Lane ’67
Founder, The Lane Collection
Chocowinity, NC
Dean Browder ’77
Senior Vice President, Federal Savings Bank
Winston-Salem, NC
Charlie Martin Jr. ’68
Marketing Director, Mid-Atlantic Auto Recyclers
Greenville, NC
William Burnette ’96
President and CEO, Portable Storage of North Carolina
Virginia Beach, VA
Marian McLawhorn ’67 ’88 ’97
Retired
Grifton, NC
Tarrick Cox ’96 ’07
Senior Associate Director, Office of Undergraduate Admissions,
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Michael McShane ’66
Congressional Liaison Officer, United States Agency for Internal
Development
Alexandria, VA
Adrian Cullin ’04
Loan Administration Manger, Wells Fargo
Charlotte, NC
Doug Morgan ’88
Assistant Special Agent, US Department of the Treasury
South Riding, VA
Ralph Finch ’67
President, Virginia Land Company
Midlothian, VA
Dan Spuller ’06 ’07
Public Information Officer, NC Department of Commerce
Raleigh, NC
Jeff Foster ’83
Attorney, Foster Law Firm
Winterville, NC
Ainee Lynnette Taylor ’97
Anchor, WITN-7 News
Winterville, NC
Dave Fussell Jr. ’90
President, Duplin Winery
Rose Hill, NC
Allen Thomas ’92
Mayor of Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC
Robin Good ’80
Senior Vice President, Print Marketing Concepts Inc.
Houston, TX
Jason Tomasula ’00 ’03 ’10
Financial Accountant
Charlotte, NC
Duane Grooms ’80 ’82
Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities Services,
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Melanie Holden ’79
Human Resources Manager, UNC-TV
Raleigh, NC
John Israel ’82
Command Recreation Specialist,
US Air Force
Norfolk, VA
EMERITI
Virgil Clark ’50
Retired
Greenville, NC
Dave Englert ’75
Vice President Finance, Tile Distributors Inc.
Norfolk, VA
Wesley Johnson ’85
President, Southern States Sales
Powder Springs, GA
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Dave and Gail Englert,
who support the
East Carolina Alumni
Scholarship program, say
that scholarships are very
beneficial to recipients
and to ECU as a whole.
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Strengthening
the University
Scholarship Program Helps Students Realize Potential
“We’re big believers in the East Carolina
Alumni Association and the entire university,”
says Dave Englert ’75, who with his wife, Gail,
support the Alumni Scholarship program.
“We chose the Alumni Scholarship as a way to
help because we believe in alumni giving back
and serving students who chose East Carolina
just like I did.”
Englert graduated from ECU with a bachelor
of science in accounting. He recently retired
after more than 30 years as the CFO of
Southern Tile Distributors. He and Gail, a
schoolteacher, currently reside in Norfolk,
Virginia.
“These students really do deserve to
be recognized. They represent the
future. Scholarships will ease their
financial burden and motivate them
to continue to excel.”
While Gail did not graduate from ECU, her
life has benefited from an alumna who was her
seminar leader at the University of Florida.
“I felt the influence of ECU through her,” Gail says. “I’m not an alumna, but I
wish I was!”
The Englerts are aware of the need for more scholarship funds. In an era of
declining state support and increasing tuition, the Alumni Scholarship program
is just one way the Alumni Association is strengthening the university, Dave
says, by bringing the best and brightest students to ECU and supporting their
academic success.
Anyone can help support the Alumni Scholarship program, Gail says.
— DAV E EN G LERT
potential because they couldn’t afford college;
both they and ECU would miss out.”
Scholarships are very important for both
the recipients and the university, Dave
says. “These students really do deserve to
be recognized. They represent the future.
Scholarships will ease their financial burden
and motivate them to continue to excel.”
“It’s really exciting to know that what we
give is helping someone right now in the
classroom every day,” Gail adds. “We know
what a great place ECU is and these students
are experiencing that today.”
Since its founding in 2005, the Alumni
Scholarship program has awarded more than
179 scholarships of $1,000 and $2,500
totaling $251,000 to qualified full-time undergraduates. Alumni Scholarships
are funded by several fund-raising events like the Pirate’s Bounty Scholarship
Auction, ECU Alumni Scholarship Classic golf tournament, the Pirate Alumni
Road Race and Fun Run, and donations from generous alumni like the
Englerts.
“It’s just what we do,” Dave says. “I’ve always felt that I got so much out of
the education and opportunities I received at ECU, so it’s great to help current
students access the same great experience. Hopefully, these Alumni Scholarships
will inspire students to remain connected to ECU. We feel strongly that the
Alumni Association is the main connection for alumni to East Carolina.”
“I didn’t realize before we got involved that you don’t have to be Bill Gates to
support scholarships,” she says. “Any donation helps the university, and lots of
little gifts add up. We need to get people to understand that they can help, too.
It would be a shame if a student with a lot of potential couldn’t realize that
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Two-time Alumni
Scholarship recipient
Sarah Morgan Hunter â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13
looks forward to the
day when she can help
contribute to the success
of future East Carolina
students.
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Proud and Grateful
Student Recognizes Service, Leadership Opportunities
Among Scholarship Benefits
Hunter was a member of the ECU Ambassadors, the Alumni Association’s
student leadership and service group, serving as vice president of constitutional
affairs. She also was a member of the Student Accounting Society and the
Society for Advancement of Management, serving as vice president of public
relations.
Students who receive the Alumni Scholarship do much more than attend
classes. They strengthen ECU with their academic excellence and give back
by volunteering and taking on leadership roles for the university and the
community.
Sarah Morgan Hunter ’13, a two-time Alumni
Scholarship recipient, is now completing her
master’s in business administration and has
been very active with the College of Business.
She is the founder and project leader of the
college’s canned food drive, which last year
raised more than 2,400 pounds of food and
$300 for the Food Bank of Central and
Eastern North Carolina.
“The Alumni Scholarship has benefited my
college career in so many ways,” she says.
“First, the people I met throughout the
process have all proven to be inspirations to
me. I look up to the board members of the
Alumni Association and hope that one day
I can be as positive an influence on future
students as they have been for me.”
“To know that previous graduates
have donated to help fund this
scholarship shows the true meaning
of being part of the Pirate Nation.
We are a big family and have the
value of service imprinted on our
hearts.”
— S A R A H M O RG A N H U N T ER
Each spring, the East Carolina Alumni
Association awards about 20 scholarships for
the following academic year, and the recipients
enjoy getting to know one another throughout
the process.
“The other students I have been able to meet and interact with through the
scholarship program have been an invaluable part of my life,” she says. “It has
been so much fun getting to know other like-minded students at ECU who have
so much potential!”
She volunteered with the Carolina House
of Greenville, the Friends of Greenville
Greenways, the Greenville Community
Shelter, Certain Hope Ministries, the
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, Pitt County
United Way, and Ronald McDonald House.
She hopes to see some of her fellow students
on the Alumni Association Board of
Directors someday.
“Lastly, the Alumni Scholarship has provided
me with the opportunity to gain an education
without any financial burden,” she said. “That
is something for which I cannot thank the
Alumni Association enough.”
Hunter is proud and grateful to know that
alumni are helping students like her succeed
through their generosity.
“To know that previous graduates have
donated to help fund this scholarship shows
the true meaning of being part of the Pirate Nation,” she says. “We are a big
family and have the value of service imprinted on our hearts. I am so thankful
for the support from fellow alumni, and I look forward to the day when I can
help contribute to the success of future Pirates.”
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Alumni Staff
Paul J. Clifford
President and CEO
East Carolina Alumni Association
800-ECU-GRAD
Paul.Clifford@PirateAlumni.com
Christy Angle â&#x20AC;&#x2122;95
Assistant Director for Alumni
Programs
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-1958
Christy.Angle@PirateAlumni.com
Monique Best
Accounting Technician
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-1839
Monique.Best@PirateAlumni.com
Jackie Drake
Assistant Director for
Alumni Communications
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-4902
Jackie.Drake@PirateAlumni.com
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EAST CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Candi High ’97
Accountant
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-0604
Candi.High@PirateAlumni.com
Michael S. Kowalczyk ’09 ’10
Assistant Director for Alumni
Programs
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-5557
Michael.Kowalczyk@PirateAlumni.com
Shawn Moore ’91 ’98
Director of Alumni Programs
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-5775
Shawn.Moore@PirateAlumni.com
Douglas Smith ’00 ’07
Vice President for Membership
and Marketing
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-1959
Doug.Smith@PirateAlumni.com
Chelsea Ward ’13
Alumni Center Coordinator
East Carolina Alumni Association
Chelsea.Ward@PirateAlumni.com
252-328-6072
Chris Williams ’01
Assistant Director for Alumni
Membership
East Carolina Alumni Association
252-328-0610
Chris.Williams@PirateAlumni.com
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Order of the
Cupola
The Order of the Cupola, our most prestigious benefactor-recognition program, was
established to honor major lifetime donors to East Carolina University. Its name is taken
from the campus’s most historic landmark, the Old Austin Cupola. In 1996, a replica of
the cupola was erected in the center of Main Campus as a symbol of the university’s
commitment to its traditions and to future progress.
Individuals, businesses, and foundations that have made cumulative gifts of $100,000 or
more to East Carolina are recognized in the Order of the Cupola. Recognition is based on
combined gift totals of cash, securities, and real property to the ECU Foundation, the ECU
Educational Foundation, and the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation.
Platinum ($1 million or more)
Gene Thomas Aman and Helen Newman Aman
Thomas D. Arthur
Al Bagwell and Deborah B. Bagwell
Harold H. Bate*
The Harold H. Bate Foundation Inc.
BB&T Charitable Foundation
BB&T Corporation
Irwin Belk and Carol Grotnes Belk
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation
The Brody Brothers’ Foundation
The Brody Foundation
David Stephen Brody and Laura Camnitz Brody
Hyman J. Brody and Stacy C. Brody
Leo Brody*
Lorraine Brody
Morris Brody*
Mrs. J. Samuel Brody
Archie R. Burnette*
William Hunter Clark and Gloria E. Clark*
The Country Doctor Museum Foundation, Inc.
Ronald Eugene Dowdy and Mary Ellen Dowdy
ECUSOM Medical Faculty
Charles A. Freeze*
Hazel Freeze
GlaxoSmithKline
Golden LEAF Foundation
Rose Dunn Harrison*
C. Felix Harvey and Margaret B. Harvey
Eleanor Bass Howard*
Gordon Reece Howell Jr. and Irene Howell
IAVO Research and Scientific
Tapley O. Johnson III
Verona Lee Joyner Langford*
James Haywood Maynard and Connie Mizelle Maynard
Richard Thomas McLean
Vince & Linda McMahon Family Foundation, Inc.
Frances Monk*
Harry D. Murphy and Lynn Chandler Murphy
Packer Engineering Inc.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Ledyard Elree Ross Jr. and Alta Dant Ross
The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation
Edward Calvin Smith Jr. and Jo Clary Smith
E. H. Taft Jr.*
E. Hoover Taft III and Donna Taft
Hoover and Tom Taft Families
Helen Taft*
Kathy Arnold Taft*
Hoover and Tom Taft Families
Trade-Wilco Company
Vidant Medical Center Foundation
Robert Allen Ward and Margaret Cude Ward
J. Fred Webb*
Nell Webb
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Foundation
Walter L. Williams and Marie S. Williams
Samuel Joseph Wornom III and Sandra Leonard Wornom
Stuart Wright
Gold ($750,000 to $999,999)
William Gray Blount and Barbara Keck Blount
Elizabeth M. Britt
Ken Chalk and Kay Chalk
The Fullerton Foundation
Lloyd Allen Hudson and Dorothy E. Hudson
IBM
Pat Lane and Lynn Lane
E. R. Lewis Construction Company
Harvey Ray Lewis and Brenda Turner Lewis
Robert T. Maynard and Virginia Bobbitt Maynard
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents
Jesse R. Peel
Thomas W. Rivers*
The Woodall-Smart Partnership
Silver ($500,000 to $749,999)
R. Janie Barber*
Michael Ray Baynes
Clarence B. Beasley*
Julia Weskett Beasley
David Abram Bond and Pamela Short Bond
Dorothy R. Brandon*
Robert Gentry Brinkley and Amy Woods Brinkley
C. D. Spangler, Jr. and Meredith Riggs Spangler
Elizabeth F. Campbell*
Anthony Myles Cartrette and Jennifer J. Cartrette
Chip and Freda Chesson
Robert William Cihak and Dianne Marie Cihak
DuPont
Dr. Ira May Hardy II and Mary Hardy
James L. Hatcher and Alice V. Hatcher
Virginia Herrin*
Stephen Harold Hornaday and Carol H. Hornaday
Robert L. Jones and Eve Avery Jones
Lola McClary Kelso*
Lynn N. Kelso*
Clifford Kiehn*
Verneda Kiehn*
Lora W. King*
Edward Lowdermilk and Deitra L. Lowdermilk
Dan Lynn Merrell
Dorothy Ann Neville
PotashCorp - Aurora
Stanton R. Prentiss*
Harry Leo Smith Jr. and Tammy Painter Smith
Taco Bell
George C. Turner and Sue Turner
Paul Raymond Walker and Kathryn Hettinger Walker
Henry G. Williamson Jr. and Nancy Williamson
WNGA Family Limited Partnership
Harriet H. Wooten
Bronze ($100,000 to $499,999)
Abbott Laboratories
Betty Sanders Abernathy*
Karel B. Absolon*
Mary Bendix Absolon
Ace Transport Ltd.
Marcus Sailer Albernaz and Lisa Taylor Albernaz
Alliance One International
Carey Michael Aman and Page Stout Aman
American Medical Association Education & Research Foundation
Robert Amerson and Sue Amerson
Eugene G. Anderson
Apple Computer Inc.
ARAMARK Southeast Region
ARAMARK Corporation
William Etheldred Askew and Rose Askew
Jerry W. Atkins
Attends Healthcare Products
Viola Smith Babcock*
Garland Randy Bailey and Jillian Hobson Bailey
Thomas Balon
Bank of America
Bank of America Foundation
Tony Robertson Banks*
R. Janie Barber*
Bobby Gerald Barbour and Terri White Barbour
Francis M. Barnes*
Ronnie Phillip Barnes
Robert Kelly Barnhill Sr. and Mary Ann Barnhill
Barnhill Contracting Company
Joseph C. Bateman*
James W. Batten*
Sara S. Batten*
Thomas A. Bayliss III and Patsy Bayliss
James Hudson Bearden and Polly L. Bearden
Irwin Belk Educational Foundation
Carolyn W. Bennett
Richard Gray Bennett and Sarah Bennett
Thomas A. Bennett*
Walter G. Benton and Lisa D. Benton
Berbecker Foundation
Walter J. and Lillie A. Berbecker Scholarship
Bruce A. Biggs and Anna D. Biggs
James A. Blair and Marsha Blair
Thomas Ray Bland
Benjamin Mayo Boddie Jr.
Mayo Boddie Sr. and Jean Boddie
Michael White Boddie and Mary Ann Boddie
Nicholas Bunn Boddie, Sr. and Lucy Mayo Boddie Foundation
Bill L. Boddie
Boddie-Noell Foundation
William H. Bodenhamer and Linda Bodenhamer
James O. Bond Jr. and Connie Minges Bond
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Alice Huss Bost
Clifton Earl Boyd*
Jane Godwin Boyd
Matthew Thomas Boykin II
Connally Padrick Branch and Svitlana Bilan
Charles Christopher Bremer and Barbara Waaland Bremer
Brewco Enterprises Inc.
Lawrence F. Brewster*
James L. Brooks
Bonnie Lee Brown
William Sherrod Brown and Jane Darden Brown
Brown & Wood Inc.
Donald Reid Bryan Jr. and Frances Brown Bryan
Kenneth Reed Bryant and Terry Minges Bryant
James F. Buckman IV and Kaye Buckman
Michael L. Bunting
Louise O. Burevitch
Archie R. Burnette*
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Joseph Millard Butterworth III and Sandra Faulkner Butterworth
Franklin Douglas Byrd III and Linda West Byrd
Jack Andrew Calvert Sr.*
The Cannon Foundation
Capital Community Foundation Inc.
Carolina Data Systems
Carolina Medical Products Company
Progress Energy
Carroll and Associates Inc.
Ed Casey
Caterpillar Foundation
Caterpillar Inc.
Beatrice A. Chauncey
James W. Chesnutt and Judy Redfern Chesnutt
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Education Foundation
Gabriel Radu Cipau and Amy Maness Cipau
Edwin Lafayette Clark Jr. and Ann Williams Clark
Lemuel Buttler Clayton Jr. and Gail Sykes Clayton
Clement Companies
Mildred Daniel Cobb*
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
COECO
Thomas B. and Robertha K. Coleman Foundation
Glyn Edwin Collins and Jana Collins
Willard H. Colson Jr. and Caroline Colson
The Community Foundation
Mark Fearing Copeland and Tracy Waters Copeland
Joe P. Covington Jr. and Janet Covington
Stanley Wilson Cox and Sharon Cox
Credit Financial ServicesInc.
Jimmy Earl Creech and Debra Smith Creech
Stephen Raymond Cunanan and Ellen Mason Cunanan
D.S. Simmons, Inc.
The Daily Reflector
William E. Dansey, Jr.
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Nancy Darden*
William A. Darden and Clara M. Darden
Roger L. Davenport and Julie L. Davenport
Emily Monk Davidson
Emily Monk Davidson Foundation Inc.
Carl Wade Davis Jr. and Martha L. Davis
J. B. Davis and Claire Davis
Walter R. Davis*
Celeste A. Deans*
Wayland Denton and Elaine Garner Denton
Diversified Foods Inc.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Phillip Ray Dixon and Candace Cicerone Dixon
Domino’s Pizza
Dowdy Student Stores
Joyce S. Draughon
DSM Pharmaceuticals
Charles Duff* and Betty Duff
Billy R. Dunn and Valerie Dunn
Derek Dunn and Betsy Dunn
DuPont
East Carolina Auto and Truck
The East Carolina Bank
Eastern Nephrology Associates
Donald Jackson Edwards and Judy W. Edwards
Isaac Jackson Edwards Jr. *
Rachel Fleming Edwards
Phillip Conrad Ellis and Trish Ellis
Embarq
EMC
David H. Englert and Gail R. Englert
Equipment Plus Foodservice
Eunice Garner*
James S. Ficklen Jr.*
June Ficklen
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
First Citizens Bank
John M. Fisher and Joy Kluttz Fisher
Ellen C. Fleming*
James L. Fleming*
A. J. Fletcher Educational and Opera Foundation
The Frank & Renee Floyd Family Foundation, Inc.
Food Lion
Louis Plaster Forrest and Sharon Elizabeth Forrest
Foundation for the Carolinas
William Price Furr and Emily Rouse Furr
Mary Furth
Thomas Gilmer Gardner Jr. and Carol Smith Gardner
Eunice Garner*
Christopher Joseph Gauland and Dana Jackson Gauland
GE Medical System Information Technology
Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation
Frank Corydon Gill Jr. and Charlene Sanders Gill
Thomas J. Glennon and Alice Glennon
Golden Corral Corporation
Douglas Louis Gomes and Katherine Herring Gomes
Gouras Walls & Ceilings
Grady-White Boats Inc.
The Gravely Foundation
Kenneth L. Gray and Rochelle Gray
Rudolph Gray and Bette Gray
Greater Greenville Foundation
Robert James Greczyn Jr. and Kristen Lynn Greczyn
Greenville Toyota
Gregory Poole Equipment Company
Guidant Foundation, Inc.
Glenn Harrington Hall and Jennifer Hall
Robert Haywood Hall and Nancy Herron Hall
Thelma Roberts Hall*
Louis John Hallow and Kim Hallow
Karen Hancock
Thomas John Harrison and Rexanne Anderson Harrison
Robert Dean Hartley and Charlene M. Hartley
Hastings Ford Inc.
Elizabeth Mahler Havens
Jonathan Frank Havens Jr.*
Mabel C. Hayden*
Hendrix-Barnhill
Sherwin Herring
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Erwin Hester and Martha Hester
Hewlett Packard
Ronald G. Hight and Madelyn Coleman Hight
Robert Edward Hill and Betty Smith Hill
Henry Williams Hinton Jr. and Debbie Everett Hinton
William Phillip Hodges and Lisa Brewer Hodges
Dwight Myers Holland
Terry Holland and Ann Johnson Holland
Alton Wayne Holloman and Sherry McKee Holloman
Keith D. Holmes Jr. and Susan T. Holmes
Hospice of East Carolina
Mary Ferebee Howard*
David Reece Howell
John M. Howell and Gladys D. Howell
HPC Foundation For Hospice
John P. Hudson and Harriet Hudson
Hudson Brothers Construction Company
Betty Debnam Hunt
Rector Samuel Hunt III and Vicky Hunt
Alvin B. Hutzler II and Joanne Hutzler
Thomas Grant Irons and Carol Fleming Irons
ISIR/Koppermann USA
John C. Jackson and Joyce Jackson
William P. Jackson and Billie T. Jackson
Jackson & Sons’ Heating & Air Conditioning
Charles D. Jamerson Jr.
Grant and Brenda Jarman
Jefferson Pilot Foundation
Alan Thomas Jessup
The Ji & Li Family Foundation
George Herbert Johnson Jr. and Lynette Dorn Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Marvin B. Johnson Jr. and Joyce Johnson
Dennis Gerald Jones*
J. E. Jones Jr.
Steven Wayne Jones and Terry Theobald Jones
Max Ray Joyner Jr. and Kelly Jordan Joyner
Max Ray Joyner Sr. and Catherine Smith Joyner*
Stephen Preston Keen and Beverly Perkins Keen
Keihin Carolina System Technology Inc.
Michael W. Kelly and Willo Jean Kelly
KIA of Greenville
Thomas P. Kidd Jr. and Judy Kidd
Kelly Stuart King and Eva Ann King
Samuel Craig Kirby and Gennie Sorrell Kirby
James Bryant Kirkland Jr. and Evelyn Kirkland*
John Bryant Kittrell III and Cynthia Domme Kittrell
Bill Bogey and Jenni Kolczynski
Mildred McLawhorn Lancaster*
Harry Lee Land Jr. and Kathy Byrum Land
Barbara Landers*
Matthew P. Landers*
William B. Langley and Doris M. Langley
Ted B. Lanier and Peggy Lanier
James Lankton
Don Lassiter and Linda Vann Lassiter
Daisy & Walter C. Latham Foundation
John R. M. Lawrence and Rosa Maria Lopez-Canete
Terzell Vonta Leach
Norwood Brent Lee
William C. Lee Jr. and Sharon White Lee
Lee Tractor Company
Kenneth Eugene Lewis Sr.*
Thad J. Lewis III and Carrie Mouw Lewis
Tommie Leon Little and Marilee Martin Little
Logan’s Roadhouse
Ruth Hayes Lokken*
John G. Long*
Dorothy Love
Samuel Darden Lovelace Jr. and Judith Anne Lovelace
Robert V. Lucas and Victoria T. Lucas
Hope MacNeill
Clyde Thomas Mallison Jr. and Frances Mallison
Marion Merrell Dow Inc.
David Marshburn and Connie G. Marshburn
Timothy Martin and Dianne Turner Martin
Sidney Mason*
John Thomas Mathews and Gail Mathews
Johnnie E. May and Anne B. May
W. C. McClammy*
Gail McClelland*
R. William McConnell and Mary Raab
Pat McCotter
Jerry Edward McGee and Marcella McGee
Benjamin W. McKenzie III
Vincent Kennedy McMahon and Linda E. McMahon
Edward C. McRae
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of NC
Mark Meltzer and Nancy B. Meltzer
Merck
Merck Foundation
Metrics, Inc.
Richard Rhinehart Mihalyi and Lyda Teer Mihalyi
The Milford Unitrust
James Fielding Miller and Kimberly Grice Miller
Marie Miller*
Truman W. Miller* and Marie M. Miller
William Donald Mills Sr. and Donniere Morton Mills
William Donald Mills Jr. and Frances Scott Mills
Mabel Minges*
Max E. Minges*
Tony Ray Misenheimer and Jeannette Rivers Misenheimer
Violet H. Mitchell*
Edward Thomas Mizell and Barbara Jones Mizell
Mobley Agency
Richard Finley Moldin and Nancy Diehl Moldin
Edwin W. Monroe and Nancy Monroe
Mark G. Montenero
Clifton Hines Moore*
Collice Clyde Moore Sr. and Ann Nichols Moore
Joan Moore
Leon L. Moore Jr.*
Rufus W. Moore*
Ruth F. Moore*
Eleanor Morris*
James Henry Mullen III and Pamela Farris Mullen
Ed Murphrey and Diane R. Murphrey
NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc.
National Dodge Inc.
National Spinning Company
Nationwide Insurance
New York Yankees Foundation
Rachael Mooney Newell*
Danny Nichols and Elizabeth Taylor Nichols
William Keller Normann and Parker Normann
Henry Jay Norris
North Carolina Community Foundation Inc.
The North Carolina Fdn for Christian Ministries
Novartis
Oak Foundation
John Wright Osborne and Rebecca Mangum Osborne
Michael Reid Overcash and Susan Wilson Overcash
Parker Overton and Becky Overton
George Wesley Parker Sr. and Patricia Holt Parker
Jerry D. Parker Jr. and Karen Parker
John Vann Parker and Debbie Parker
Parker’s Barbecue
Robert Donald Parrott and Helen Saunders Parrott
The Pecheles Automotive Group
Helen Peel*
Pepsi/Minges Bottling Group
James J. and Mamie Richardson Perkins Memorial Fund
Donald Hicks Perry
Marguerite Austin Perry
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Pfizer Inc.
Pharmacia
Phelps Chevrolet Inc.
Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation
Piggly-Wiggly of Eastern N.C.
Pitt County Pirate Club
Bob Plybon and Mary Plybon
PNC Bank
The PNC Financial Services Group
Pearl R. Potter*
James William Post and Sandra Long Post
Dewey Benson Preast and Hope W. Preast
Procter & Gamble of Greenville
Pete Pully
Milford R. Quinn* and Reba Quinn
Terry Cameron Quinn and Betty W. Quinn
R. A. Jeffreys Distributing
Julian W. Rawl and Barbara Rawl
Clarence Arthur Rawls III and Patricia Evans Rawls
H. E. Rayfield Jr. and Gayle Rayfield
Rhett Alan Raynor and Sharon Raynor
Ready Mixed Concrete Company
Nina Belle Redditt*
Registrar’s Office
Richard Randolph Reid and Betty Minton
William Lawson Reinhart
Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.
David Michael Renn and Rebecca B. Renn
Robert S. Rippy and Jennifer Rippy
Thomas Rivers*
Rivers & Associates
RJR Nabisco Inc.
Roanoke Chevrolet
William Riley Roberson Jr.*
William Riley Roberson III and Olivia Grimes Roberson
B.W.C. “Ben” and Snow Roberts
Leslie Stanley Robinson and Vonda Robinson
Charles L. Rogers and Julia Stokes Rogers
William Michael Rogers and Janet Dickens Rogers
W. Howard Rooks
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Walter Julius Pories and Mary Ann Rose
The Murray & Sydell Rosenberg Foundation
Dennis P. Ross
Glennie L. Rouse*
Sampson-Bladen Oil Company
Sanofi Pasteur Biologics
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Ann Rhem Schwarzmann
SECU Foundation
Mustafa Selim
W. Allen Separk
Louis W. Sewell Jr. and Doris Sewell
Kevin Meek Shannon and Lori Coates Shannon
Raymond Paul Sharpe and Pamela M. Sharpe
Evelyn W. Simpson*
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Harry L. Sloan
Amblick Thomas Smith and Natela Yevloyeva
Charles Benjamin Smith and Marsha Smith
Edward C. Smith, Jr. & Christopher B. Smith Foundation
Henry Lewis Smith and Tracey F. Smith
William Kincy Smith II and Grace Dail Smith
Alan John Southard and Connie Southard
Southco Distributing Company
Thomas Laurie Southern and Mary Ann Southern
Southern Bank Foundation
J. Craig Souza
Reginald Coleman Spain and Bonita Barefoot Spain
Elizabeth Harris Sparrow
Wendall Keats Sparrow*
Specialty Tool and Supply
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Kenneth Lamont Stallings and Nina Griffin Stallings
State Farm
Mary L. Staton*
Michael H. Steadman and Deborah Wood Steadman
R. Edward Steed and Barbara Steed
Beverly Lee Stevens
Jean M. Stevens
John Creech Strickland and Peggy Burgess Strickland
Robert Charles Strickland and Wanda Strickland
Curtis Roy Struyk
Harry Williams Stubbs IV
Suddenlink Communications
Guy Seldon Swain and Kathy Rhodes Swain
James Howard Swain and Madelyn W. Swain
T. A. Loving Company
James R. Talton Jr.*
Myrtle Talton
Jean Mills Taylor
Taylor Foundation
Robert Dillard Teer Sr. and Mildred Teer
Kenneth Jason Tetterton and Colleen Sullivan Tetterton
Clauda P. Todd*
Richard C. Todd*
Paul Thomas Trevisan and Sybil Moody Trevisan
Graydon W. Tripp and Melba Rhue Tripp
James Randolph Tripp and Linda Lynn Tripp
Libby Tripp-Cox
Harold C. Troxler
Roy E. Truslow
John Bernard Tudor
Mary L. Q. Tuttle*
David Reid Tyler and Marion Harvey Tyler
Marshall Elwood Tyner Jr. and Jennifer Smith Tyner
United Energy Inc.
University Book Exchange Inc.
US Cellular
Robert Carl Vause Jr. and Mary Whiteside Vause
Leo Allen Venters
Anita Torund Vermund
Halvor Vermund*
Sten Halvor Vermund and Pilar Julian Vargas
Thomas Martin Vicars Jr.
Vidant Medical Center
Vidant Volunteer Auxiliary
Wake County Pirate Club
Elizabeth Tuten Walker Estate
James A. Walker and Adria Ward Walker
Arnold Wallace and Kay S. Wallace
Joseph L. Wallace and Judy Wallace
Alfred S. Wang and Veronica C. Wang
James Harvey Ward III and Katie Ward
Burney Simon Warren III and Judy Christiansen Warren
Gary Lew Warren
Rhonda S. Warren
Mark Montenero
Philip R. S. Waugh Jr. and Jean Wilder Waugh
Thomas Frederick Webb and Karen Farless Webb
Robert Howard Weber Jr.
Robert Lee West and Roberta E. West
West Memorial Fund
William J. Wester and Stephanie K. Wester
Weyerhaeuser Company
David Jordan Whichard II and Judith Kirkpatrick Whichard
Donald Reeves Whitaker Jr.
Barbara S. White
Steven M. White*
Warren K. White and Mary Walters White
Jerry Lynn Wilkins and Andrea H. Wilkins
David Lee Williams and Terri Briley Williams
Stephen T. Williams and Allsion Copeland Williams
Walter and Marie Williams Foundation
Linda Lee Willis
The Winston-Salem Foundation
WITN-TV Inc.
David Harris Womack and Sydney Sager Womack
Harvey Sharp Wooten
John L. Wooten*
Richard K. Worsley
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Georgina Yeatman*
Dennis Allen Young Sr. and Ellen Young
Stephen Brent Yount
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
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Leo W. Jenkins
Society
The Leo W. Jenkins Society, the university’s planned-giving society, bears the name of one
of ECU’s most distinguished leaders and was established in 2001 to honor philanthropic
benefactors of the university. Contributors of various forms of planned gifts display
solidarity with Chancellor Jenkins’s legacy by investing the fruits of their labor toward
East Carolina’s pursuit of excellence.
Membership in the society is conferred upon all benefactors who have included East
Carolina in their estate plans by means of a bequest provision in their will or living trust or
by naming the university as beneficiary of a planned-giving arrangement, life insurance
policy, or pension plan.
Gregory L. Abeyounis
Harry G. Adams
Michael Curtis Aho and Joe Anthony Esparza
Charles H. Allen and Tracey Hill Allen
Carey Michael Aman and Page Stout Aman
Gene Thomas Aman and Helen Newman Aman
Tracy Ann Appling
Kenneth Wayne Ashley and Lisa J. Ashley
Cecilia Cartwright Austin
Tony Robertson Banks*
Robert Kelly Barnhill Sr. and Mary Ann Barnhill
Thomas Bartik and Karen Bartik
Michael Bassman
Harold H. Bate*
Michael Ray Baynes
Richard F. Bean
James Hudson Bearden and Polly L. Bearden
Clarence B. Beasley*
Julia Weskett Beasley
Irwin Belk and Carol Grotnes Belk
Jim Lewis Bellamy Jr.
Dorothy May Berry*
Geraldine M. Beveridge*
William Gray Blount and Barbara Keck Blount
Catherine Ann Bolton
David Abram Bond and Pamela Short Bond
Emily S. Boyce
Lawrence F. Brewster*
Elizabeth M. Britt
David Stephen Brody and Laura Camnitz Brody
James L. Browder
Bradford Marshall Brown and Deborah Kinlaw Brown
Ernest Lawson Brown Jr. and Lou Ann Brown
Donald Reid Bryan Jr. and Frances Brown Bryan
Charles Neil Bullock
Maurice Leland Bunch III and Claudia Brinn Bunch
Alston W. Burke*
Archie R. Burnette*
John A. Campbell Jr.*
Agnes M. Canzona
William E. Castle and Diane L. Castle
Richard Lewis Caudle
Frank Ceruzzi and Grace Williams Ceruzzi
Delorene P. Charest*
Beatrice A. Chauncey
James T. Cheatham and Brenning B. Cheatham
Danny Clay and Jean Haislip Clay
Mildred Daniel Cobb*
William C. Cobb*
Charles R. Coble and Diana S. Coble
Wallace E. Cockrell
James Beverly Congleton Jr.*
Vera W. Congleton
Rachel D. Conn
Mark Fearing Copeland and Tracy Waters Copeland
Rebekah Crouch Covell
Phoebe M. Dail
Howard Glenn Daniel*
Lucille Hampton Daniel
Mamie Daniel*
H. Frances Daniels*
Nancy Whitfield Darden*
Doris L. Davenport*
Helen Dees*
Samuel B. Dees*
Robert James Diefendorf
Phillip Ray Dixon and Candace Cicerone Dixon
Betsy E. Ellis*
Ronald G. Ellis Jr.
Theodore R. Ellis III
Irving Newton Ennis
Janice Hardison Faulkner
June Ficklen
Curtis G. Fields*
Jean L. Fields
James L. Fleming*
William Hulme Fleming and Kelly Carlough Fleming
Charles A. Freeze*
Hazel Freeze
Carolyn Ann Fulghum
Eugene D. Furth*
Mary Furth
Thomas Gilmer Gardner Jr. and Carol Smith Gardner
James M. Gardner
Charles Robert Gouge and Eva Pittman Gouge
Whitaker Bernard Ham
Edward MacGregor Hamilton Jr. and Mary L. Hamilton
Karen Hancock
William W. Hankins and Denise Hankins
Edward J. Harper II
Rose Dunn Harrison*
James L. Hatcher and Alice V. Hatcher
Margaret Joyner Hendricks
Ruth Ann Henriksen*
Virginia Herrin*
Charles Franklin Herring and Gail Parkerson Herring
Erwin Hester and Martha Hester
Melanie Lace Higgins*
Robert Edward Hill and Betty Smith Hill
Dwight Myers Holland
Phyllis Ann Holland
Stephen Harold Hornaday and Carol H. Hornaday
Mary Ferebee Howard*
Gordon Reece Howell Jr. and Irene Howell
Lloyd Allen Hudson and Dorothy E. Hudson
Douglas Wade Huggins
Stanley John Humienny Jr. and Brenda Sessoms Humienny
Rosa Alice Hunnings*
Betty Debnam Hunt
Richard D. Hunter*
Sara McKenzie Hunter
John A. Israel and Arminda B. Israel
Alan Thomas Jessup
Elizabeth Pate Johnson
Frankford Milam Johnson*
Hal Swords Johnson and Debbie Truby Johnson
Edwin B. Jones* and Joan M. Jones
Catherine Smith Joyner*
Max Ray Joyner Sr.
Gerhard W. Kalmus and Karin Charlotte Kalmus
Benjamin Franklin Keaton
Michael W. Kelly and Willo Jean Kelly
Lynn N. Kelso*
John Bryant Kittrell III and Cynthia Domme Kittrell
Michael Barry Kodroff
Mary Whitehurst Kopf*
Hervy Basil Kornegay Sr. and Deborah Price Kornegay
Michael Stanley Kowalczyk
H. D. Lambeth Jr.
Pat Lane and Lynn Lane
Verona Lee Joyner Langford*
Ted B. Lanier and Peggy Lanier
George Lautares and Esterre B. Lautares
Zeplin Sanford Lee Jr. and Bonnie Phipps Lee
Eloise Morton Lewis*
Kenneth Eugene Lewis Sr.*
Tommy Glynn Lewis II and Janice Dampier Lewis
Ernest Victor Logemann and Martha Clayton Logemann
Dorothy Love
Edward Lowdermilk and Deitra L. Lowdermilk
John W. Lowe Jr. and Nelda Sullivan Lowe
John R. Maiolo and Ruth Good Maiolo
Clyde Thomas Mallison Jr. and Frances Mallison
Bonnie Gail Mani
Morris Duncan Marley and Beverly Nickens Marley
Frances W. Massey
Johnnie E. May and Anne B. May
Robert T. Maynard and Virginia Bobbitt Maynard
William Charles McClammy*
Gail L. McClelland*
R. William McConnell and Mary Raab
Jerry Edward McGee and Marcella McGee
Thomas McLean
Mark Meltzer and Nancy B. Meltzer
Dan Lynn Merrell
Henry Metzger and Christa Metzger
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Truman W. Miller* and Marie M. Miller
Gay Brinkley Miriello
Edwin W. Monroe and Nancy Monroe
Stephen C. Morrisette and Linda Hopkins Morrisette
Raymond Lee Mulkey III and Laura Koonce Mulkey
Dorothy Ann Neville
Emil Nicolaysen*
Lucy A. Nicolaysen
Nancy Ann Nicoletti
William Keller Normann and Parker Normann
Joseph Benjamin Pace and Sally O’Quinn Pace
Michael S. Patterson and Mary Rudroff Patterson
Helen Peel*
Jesse R. Peel
Treva P. Pendleton*
Judith Claire Perry
Marguerite Austin Perry
E. Hayes Petteway and Mary Anne Petteway
Timothy M. Phelps and Debra Boswell Phelps
Hal Warren Pierce
Marvin Piland
Bob Plybon and Mary Plybon
Charles M. Poole
Stanton R. Prentiss*
C. Ray Pruette*
Carolyn C. Rabunsky
Martin Rabunsky*
Fred D. Ragan and Carlene Ragan
William Lawson Reinhart
Kenneth R. Wilson and Christa Reiser
David Michael Renn and Rebecca B. Renn
Daniel W. Rice III and Johnnee Rice
Patricia Liccardi Rice
Burney Ray Rivenbark and Judy Rivenbark
Earl Lynn Roberson*
William Riley Roberson Jr.*
Eleanor A. Rollins
Ledyard Elree Ross Jr. and Alta Dant Ross
Martiel C. Ross
Otha S. Rountree
Claude Sawyer* and Barbara Sawyer
Ann Rhem Schwarzmann
Lillian J. Scott*
Ralph Lee Scott and Nancy Schell Scott
W. Allen Separk
Conrad Bernard Sharpe*
Robert A. Shaw and Jon Ward Shaw
Barbara Ann Smith
Susan Teagan Smith
Elizabeth Harris Sparrow
Wendall Keats Sparrow*
Nell A. Stallings*
Pennie M. Stephens
William E. Stephenson*
Beverly Lee Stevens
Vernon K. Stewart and Caron H. Stewart
Otis F. Strother III and Shelby S. Strother
Harry Williams Stubbs IV
Coleman Newton Sullivan Jr. and Candace Lee Sullivan
Scott David Talcott
Sarah Helen Taylor
Clinton E. Thomas Jr.
M. Louise Thomas*
James B. Thompson Jr. and Marie Sharpe Thompson
Clauda P. Todd*
Gordon Earl Trevathan Jr.
Harold C. Troxler
Roy E. Truslow
Howard Jackson Tucker and Frankie Lynn Tucker
Virginia J. Tucker
Irene F. Turnage
Lester E. Turnage Jr.*
Tracy L. Tuten and David Jones Jr.
Richard Gray Twilley
Marshall Elwood Tyner Jr. and Jennifer Smith Tyner
Randolph Umberger*
Robert Brian Van Metre
Brenda J. Walden
Alfred S. Wang and Veronica C. Wang
Burney Simon Warren III and Judy Christiansen Warren
Jack Warren Jr. and Carlynn Jarvis Warren
Herschel James Watts
Philip R. S. Waugh Jr. and Jean Wilder Waugh
Robert Lee West and Roberta E. West
James Edmond White Jr. and Carol Ann White
Bynum James Whitehurst and Sarah Jones Whitehurst
Minnie Marguerite Wiggins*
Walter L. Williams and Marie S. Williams
Cecil Troy Wilson
Nancy C. Windes
Harriet H. Wooten
Richard K. Worsley
Ralph Conley Worthington and Darlene Smith Worthington
Eugene Welch Wright and Allison Metcalfe
Robert L. Zucker and Anne Strickland Zucker
*deceased
Ways to
Give
to ECU
Frequently Asked Questions about
Making Gifts to East Carolina
What types of gifts can I give?
How will my gift be used?
What assets can I give?
The three most popular gift assets are as follows:
There are three main categories:
Cash
A gift of cash is the simplest and most immediate way to
give. Cash gifts may be pledged over a multiyear period for
fulfilling larger commitments. Cash gifts are fully deductible
up to 50 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income.
Unrestricted Funds
Allows for funds to be directed to areas of pressing need.
Restricted Funds
Designated for a specific program of the donor’s personal
interest.
Appreciated Securities
Named Endowed Funds
A minimum contribution of $25,000 made through a
lifetime gift or by bequest establishes an endowed fund,
which can be named for a person of the donor’s choice.
The principal is preserved while the income supports the
program. The university has established minimum gift levels
for scholarship, professorship, fellowship, research, and
other special funds.
A gift of long-term appreciated securities is exempt from
capital tax gains. Appreciated stock gifts are deductible up
to 30 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income.
Real Estate
In some cases, property can be given outright, and a
charitable income tax deduction equal to the property’s fair
market value is received by the donor. Real estate also will
be considered for funding life-income arrangements.
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What are life-income gifts?
What other ways can I give?
Here are three examples of gifts that provide lifetime
income and future project support.
Online Giving
Charitable Gift Annuities
Bequests
Gift annuities provide a fixed rate of return to one or two
annuitants. Older donors receive higher rates.
Deferred Charitable Gift Annuities
An excellent supplemental retirement fund vehicle,
payments are deferred to some future date with the payout
rate determined by the deferral period and the age of the
donor at the time payments begin.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
A personalized trust in which the donor selects the
payout rate (unitrust) or fixed annuity (annuity trust)
to receive during the trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duration. Because they can
require involvement of an administrator and/or money
manager, trusts are generally cost effective at levels of
$250,000 or more.
www.giving.ecu.edu
For many donors, a gift made through their will is the best
way to make a substantial contribution. Donors can leave a
percentage of their estate or a specific dollar amount to any
East Carolina University foundation. A bequest can reduce or
eliminate federal estate taxes without depleting current assets.
Gifts from your IRA or
Qualified Retirement Plan
You can leave a dollar total or percentage of your IRA
or other qualified retirement plan with any East Carolina
University foundation. This is a revocable gift that works
the same as a bequest provision. It is very simple to do;
all that is required is that you list the formal name of the
foundation on the Beneficiary Designation Form that is
provided to you by your provider. This form will be sent to
you upon your request from your retirement plan manager.
Gifts of Life Insurance
You can make any of the East Carolina University
foundations the owner or beneficiary of a current or newly
established life insurance policy. These are especially great
contributions in the instance that the donor realizes they no
longer need the policy for protection as they did many years
ago when it was established.
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Contact
If you have questions or would like to obtain additional information, please contact us:
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
FOUNDATION INC.
Greenville Centre, Suite 1100
Mail Stop 301
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-328-9578
WEBSITE: www.ecu.edu/ecuf
GIVE ONLINE: www.giving.ecu.edu
Advancement Staff on page 20
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FOUNDATION INC.
525 Moye Boulevard
Mail Stop 659
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27834-4354
252-744-2238
WEBSITE: www.ecu.edu/mhsfoundation
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Advancement Staff on page 32
ECU EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION INC. (PIRATE CLUB)
Ward Sports Medicine Building
Mail Stop 158
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-737-4540
WEBSITE: www.ecupirateclub.com
GIVE ONLINE: www.ecupirateclub.com
Advancement Staff on page 44
EAST CAROLINA
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.
Taylor-Slaughter Alumni Center
901 East Fifth Street
Mail Stop 305
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-ECU-GRAD
WEBSITE: www.piratealumni.com
JOIN ONLINE: www.piratealumni.com
(Click on Join or Renew Online)
Alumni Staff on page 56
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